Increasing persecution from the African Union, the UN and other peacekeeping/policing forces in Africa eventually resulted in retaliation from the warlords and rogue states of Sub-Saharan Africa, in the same way the waning power of extremist Islam had resulted in the War on Terror and a spate of wars in the Middle East. Their main problems are their borders, millions of refugees from the Pacified Zones that can't get a ticket for the colonies try to get into the country seeking a better life, forming shanty towns along the borders.