Meysam - Assistant Professor of Geopolitics, Center for African Studies, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Reza - Professor of Political Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Seyed Yahya - Professor of Political Geography, Imam Hussein University, Tehran, Iran
Hadi - Associate Professor of Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

A conflict can involve anything from a personal disagreement between two people to the emergence of a world war. When a conflict arises, a combination of the main components of geopolitics (geography, politics and power) plays a role in its formation. Thus, the roots of the conflict can be explained in the frame of the principles of geopolitics. Most of the conflicts in Africa occur in ۰-۱۵ degrees north. The current study is a work of “basic research”. In terms of nature and method, it is “descriptive” and in terms of attitude, it falls in the category of “descriptive-analytic” research. Data gathering was done by a documentary method and through consulting library resources. The data analysis method was qualitative. The research set out to find an answer to the following question: “From a geopolitical point of view, which factors affect interstate and intrastate conflicts in circle ۰ to ۱۵th parallel north of Africa?” The current study has explained the roots of the conflicts from a geopolitical perspective through studying the conflicts in circle ۰ to ۱۵th parallel north of Africa. This study led to the presentation and introduction of ۲۶ geopolitical root causes for conflicts.

Africa, boundary, Conflict, Ethnicity, Geopolitics, Religion