Mostly Europe and America as the slave trade in past, Africans were the trade and sold out in different places in the world.
Europeans used to sell the firearms to African countries. This encouraged in internal conflict. There started war against each other and conflict between tribes.
As all the working class men were sold as the slave, so there was a population loss for the country.
Only women and children were left. Hence, this horrible inhuman activity caused the country to face different loss which is mentioned above.