The Environmental–Extraction–Conflict Nexus: Resource Scarcity and the Global Demand for AI-Critical Minerals in Sub-Saharan Africa

• In Event: Mining, Energy, and Extractive Industries in Africa

Brief Overview

This empirical study highlights the need for integrated, context-sensitive policies that link sustainable resource governance, and conflict prevention amid the escalating global pursuit of AI-critical minerals.

Author

• Orlandrew Eion Danzell, James Madison University