 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kurwisana kweHondo Yemashoko pakati peUnited States neSoviet Union, pamwe chete nemitemo yeInternational Monetary Fund, zvakaitawo basa mukusagadzikana. Apo nyika yakava yakazvimirira kwenguva yokutanga, kazhinji kazhinji yaikarirwa kuwirirana nerimwe ramasimba makuru maviri. Nyika zhinji muNorth Africa dzakagamuchira betsero yechiuto yeSoviet, nepo dzimwe muCentral neSouthern Africa dzakatsigirwa neUnited States, France kana kuti zvose zviri zviviri. Makore okuma1970 akaona kuwedzera kwenyonganiso dzeHondo Yemashoko, sezvo Angola neMozambique zvakanga zvichangobva kuzvimiririra zvakabatana neSoviet Union, uye West neSouth Africa dzakatarisira kudzora pesvedzero yeSoviet nokutsigira hurumende dzine ushamwari kana kuti masangano evapanduki. MuRhodesia, mapoka evapanduki vokuruboshwe veZimbabwe Patriotic Front vaitsigirwa neSoviet neChina vakarwa hondo yevagandanga noutsinyekurwisana nehurumende yevarungu yenyika yacho. Paiva nenzara huru muEthiopia, apo mazana ezviuru zvavanhu akafa nenzara. Vamwe vakataura kuti mitemo yeMarxist yezveupfumi yakaita kuti zvinhu zviwedzere kuipa. Kurwisana kwakaipisisa kwakaitika muAfrica mazuva ano kwave kuri Hondo yeCongo yeChipiri; kurwisana uku nemigumisiro yakwo kwakauraya vanhu vanofungidzirwa kuva mamiriyoni 5,5. Kubvira muna 2003 kwave kune kurwisana kuri kuenderera mberi muDarfur uko kwazova njodzi yevanhu. Chimwe chiitiko chinosuruvarisa chinozivikanwa kuparadza rudzi kweRwanda muna 1994 umo vanhu vanofungidzirwa kuva 800 000 vakapondwa. 