Which of the following statements about ethnic and religious conflict in Africa is false?

Many African countries have experienced coups, disputed elections, and other unstable or nonpeaceful transfers of power. The other statements are accurate: colonial borders often grouped diverse religious and ethnic communities together and disregarded traditional boundaries, and ethnic conflict has contributed to genocide in some cases. Therefore, the false statement is that African nations typically have peaceful transitions of power.

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