Causes/Factors/Sources of conflicts

Generally, the causes of conflicts are as follows:

• stereotypes (physical, spiritual, mental, social, ethnic/tribal, etc.)
• exclusion and discrimination (prejudices, racism, aggressiveness, intolerance, marginalisation,  gender discrimination, sexism, racial prejudices, xenophobia , religious intolerance,  fanaticism, partiality , inequalities, injustice, …) ;
• ill-adapted individual characters (dishonesty, selfishness, suspicion, greed, envy, jealousy, cupidity, rancour, lack of trust, thirst for power, fear, aggresiveness , violence …) ;
• disagreements in points of view (misunderstanding, frustrations …) ;
• lack of communication (false/preconceived ideas/lack of understanding …) ;
• poor governance and democratic deficit (institutionalised corruption, impunity, absence of the rule of law, poverty, struggle for economic opportunities  …)
• State decline
• National and transnational delinquency, porous borders and the development of a war economy.

Nature of conflicts 

• Political Conflicts
• Social conflicts
• Cultural conflicts
• Economic conflicts
• Religious conflicts
• Ethnic/tribal/racial conflicts