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 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
References
Conflicts in Ghana
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