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Why did Africa become the site of so many proxy wars during the postwar era?

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They became the site of many proxy wars as result of the Soviet Union and the United States pulling strings in the newly, easily manipulative governments.

The Soviet Union most likely chose Africa because of the natural resources and the governments were new, meaning that they could make it communistic easily. The US hated this idea, so they stopped it by supporting the non-communists. Then, the Soviet Union backed the pro-communists.
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