Konkomba–Nanumba conflict (also known as the Guinea fowl war) was a tribal war in
Northern Ghana
The Northern Region is one of the sixteen regions of Ghana. It is located in the north of the country and was the largest of the sixteen regions, covering an area of 70,384 square kilometres or 31 percent of Ghana's area until December 2018 when ...
in 1994. It was fought between the
Konkomba versus the Nanumba,
Dagomba and
Gonja tribes on the other side. The basis of the war were tribal claims over land ownership.
At least 1000 and as many as 2000 people were killed during the conflict, while 150,000 people were displaced as part of the dispute.
Some of the displaced individuals fled to
Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...
.
The
Rawlings government
This is a listing of the ministers who served in Jerry Rawlings's National Democratic Congress government during the Fourth Republic of Ghana. This started on January 7, 1993, after 11 years of military rule by Rawlings. He retired from the Ghana ...
was able to slow the conflict by pouring hot water on them during the fight, eventually leading to much of the conflict being resolved towards the end of 2015.
See also
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Ethnic conflict in Ghana
Ethnic conflict exists in every country and Ghana is just one of them. Ghana ranks 43rd in the Global Peace Index. and as the most peaceful country in West Africa.
There have been conflicts such as the Konkomba-Nanumba conflict, which was fough ...
References
Conflicts in Ghana
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