This article investigates the conflict–poverty relationship in Africa between 1980 and 2015. Conducting a panel regression, we test the effect of disaggregated conflict on the poverty index (POV) and indicators in Africa. Conflict causes poverty in Africa, and not the other way round as many studies have suggested. We also found that internal conflict causes poverty in Africa; it increases the poverty rate and worsens the standard of living. However, interstate conflicts have little effects on poverty indicators, it reduces the life expectancy of people in Africa. This article concludes that poverty is not the prime cause of conflict in Africa; there are other causes (i.e., political, structural, and sociological), poverty only stimulates conflict. This article suggests that peacemaking and peacebuilding mechanisms should be strengthened in Africa. Also, emphasis should be laid on other causes of conflict, such as political, structural and sociological, as it has been established that poverty is not the cause of conflict in Africa.

本文研究了1980年至2015年非洲的冲突与贫困之间的关系。进行面板回归分析，我们测试了分类冲突对非洲贫困指数（POV）和指标的影响。冲突在非洲造成贫穷，而不是像许多研究所表明的那样相反。我们还发现，内部冲突在非洲造成贫穷。它增加了贫困率并恶化了生活水平。但是，州际冲突对贫困指标影响不大，它降低了非洲人民的预期寿命。本文得出的结论是，贫穷不是非洲冲突的主要原因；还有其他原因（例如，政治，结构和社会原因），贫困只会加剧冲突。本文建议在非洲加强建立和平与建设和平的机制。