There is very little open Conflict between US and EEC forces,  mostly contained to the DRC and Ethiopia.  DRC, formerly Zaire, is one of the largest countries in Africa, and is a valued prize for both the Europeans and Americans due to its fertile soil, cheap labor, and woodland resources.  Until 2 years ago DRC had been holding its own and completely independent.  However massive civil and tribal wars have destroyed its economy and its government changes hands on a regular basis.  There are two main leaders in DRC each vying for control, one backed by the US, one by the EEC.  With both countries each supporting the two leaders whose military forces are severely dwindled, US and EEC forces are in constant conflict in what amounts to a full scale conventional war.  However the rest of the world is kept in the dark by mutual unsaid agreements on both parts to keep the conflict from erupting into a full scale world war, after all, an ongoing covert war is more profitable and allows for greater military freedoms (i.e.- dirty works) than an open full scale war, which no one wants in the first place.  In addition tribal wars still run rampant, and several different rebel forces are engaging all parties in an attempt to rise to the table and become the force in power themselves.  Ethiopia houses an almost Identical situation.  For Years Famine and disease had been slowly wiping out the population, then tribal wars and radioactive fallout from Yemen and Saudi Arabia had aided in almost completely wiping out the population.  This left the country sparsely populated with virtually no infrastructure, EEC simply walked in and tried to take over, when they met resistance from the failing african government negotiations fell short and Ethiopia petitioned the USA for help.  While the fighting in DRC is spread out all over the country, in Ethiopia it is neatly contained with each side controlling roughly half the country.  There are rebel forces and tribal conflicts in Ethiopia, but the forces are so small and poorly equipped that they pose virtually no real threat to anyone but each other.

In some ways Africa has actually benefited from the disastrous last 16 years.  Due to the fact that anyone seen wandering around armed is usually shot on sight with no questions asked by whatever party they come across, poaching has almost become nonexistent, many lumber and agricorps were also forced to evacuate due to conflict, because of this and the efforts of conservationist before the collapse several species have been able to repopulate and many have been taken off the endangered species list.  Most of the big cats are now in the safe zone, as well as rhino's and gorillas, the mountain gorilla especially has had the greatest comeback.  Elephants however, while rising in population are still slow in catching up, and have yet to be removed from the endangered species list.  Plant life has also began taking back its territory, now that clear cutting operations have fled.