The War For Africa: Conflict, Crime, Corruption and Foreign Interests - Eeben Barlow

The War for Africa: Conflict, Crime, Corruption and Foreign Interests is a hard-hitting account of the undeclared and invisible conflicts and wars that go almost unnoticed in the daily mainstream media. The impact of these economic, military, and political conflicts on the continent and its people is devastating.

This book offers a personal, yet disturbing and behind-the-scenes glimpse of much of what has gone wrong, and of what is happening across the continent. It covers the personal experiences of the author over two decades, firstly as an individual, and later as the chairman of STTEP International Ltd.

The author gives his personal views of the impact of fragile politics and policies, conflict, criminality, deceit, and lies that have, and still are, contributing to the on-going conflict the continent is waging against itself. Invariably, these problems are incentivised and motivated by nefarious foreign interests - especially in resource-rich countries.

Having proven that Africans of all colours and creeds can indeed solve Africa's problems, his concern that it has become another soundbyte in political double-speak is apparent. His fears at the direction the continent has taken are evident in this book, as well as in his other published books and academic papers.

The background to the political and military conflicts the author was engaged in are discussed, and how poor and misleading advice often triumphs over verified intelligence. It is a story of deception and frustration, ignored advice, faulty projections, false accusations, and the erosion of a continent.

This is the story of a continent at war with itself.

LIMITED FIRST EDITION (ONLY 80 COPIES AVAILABLE), HARDCOVER, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 452 pages