Why did many of the boundaries of the new african states created after wwii cause problems

The contemporary boundaries of Africa are artificial, they reflect only the interests of European colonial metropolises and the need to separate their old possesions. They don´t  often reflect cultural, ethnic and historical realities. That´s why many post-independence conflicts have erupted in Africa. Borders drawn by colonialists divided tribes and peoples, without taking into consideration their rights and cultures.

Explanation:

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.

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