Internal conflict is apart of Human nature including that of the European. Europeans have been beefing for thousands of years if you check their history, English Irish/Celts, Romans English, Germans/English and so on.. it’s the same thing with Asia and basically anywhere humanity is formed, there will be conflict, there will be friction and that point is actually inevitable.
What is true also is Europeans played on this internal conflict between Africans and used it to further drive a wedge and infiltrate groups of peoples for their monetary gain, both points can be true at the same time, they did this also under the umbrella of Pan Europeanism splitting up and dividing pets of Africa at their will.
Something that is still pertinent today if you observe how France England and the USA link up with each other to destabilise whole regions for their personal and financial benefits.