Conflict would inadvertently start in areas that depend heavily on natural resources because rebel groups who initiate civil wars can extort gains from the finances of these natural resources . For example , companies who operate on diamond and gold mines must often pay for the ransom of their kidnapped workers in to protect their infrastructure and investments . Natural resources fuel a war because these suddenly become economic incentives to secede . Much worse is the possibility that these incentives to secede are...
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