(Re)thinking homegrown peace mechanisms for the resolution of conflicts in Northern Ghana

IF 1.1 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Abdul Karim Issifu, K. Bukari
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Abstract

ABSTRACT The protracted chieftaincy conflict in Dagbon in the Northern Region of Ghana was recently resolved through an interplay of formal and informal resolution mechanisms, where the latter dominated the peace-making process with home-grown peace mechanisms. In the past, the state through formal liberal peace mechanisms like the law courts, committees and commissions of inquiry, interventions by NGOs/CSOs and peacekeeping operations failed to resolve the conflict. However, through the state support in the use of indigenous peace mechanisms by a Committee of Eminent Chiefs (CEC), a resolution of the conflict was made possible by the adoption of this hybrid dispute resolution mechanism. This article examines how the Dagbon conflict was resolved using a home-grown peace mechanism, the eminent peace approach. Drawing on related secondary data, we argue that empowering traditional leaders and strengthening home-grown conflict resolution mechanisms can play a pivotal role in resolving non-state conflicts. This article contributes to the hybrid peace literature that centres around the call for local-state collaboration in conflict resolution.
(重新)思考解决加纳北部冲突的本土和平机制
加纳北部地区达本旷日持久的酋长冲突最近通过正式和非正式解决机制的相互作用得到解决,其中后者主导了与本土和平机制的和平进程。在过去,国家通过正式的自由和平机制,如法院、委员会和调查委员会、非政府组织/民间社会组织的干预和维和行动,未能解决冲突。然而,通过国家支持杰出酋长委员会(CEC)使用土著和平机制,通过采用这种混合争端解决机制,解决冲突成为可能。本文探讨了如何使用一种土生土长的和平机制,即著名的和平方法来解决达格邦冲突。根据相关二手数据,我们认为赋予传统领导人权力和加强本土冲突解决机制可以在解决非国家冲突中发挥关键作用。本文是混合和平文献的一部分,其核心是呼吁地方与国家合作解决冲突。
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Conflict Security & Development
Conflict Security & Development INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-
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