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 situated in the northern part of the country and ranks as the second largest of the sixteen regions. Before its division, it covered an area of 25,000 square kilometres, representi ...
in 1994.
History
It was fought between the
Konkombas and the Nanumbas,
Dagomba and
Gonjas 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, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le ...
.
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 imploring methods that quelled tensions during the fight, eventually leading to much of the conflict being resolved towards the end of 2015.
Gonja-Konkomba and Nawuri conflict (1991-1992)
The conflict between Gonja on one side and Nawuri and Konkomba on the other side took place mainly in and around Kpanda town in Ghana’s Northern Region. This region is home to a large number of different ethnic groups, who throughout history repeatedly clashed. However, in the early 1990s, the clashes escalated to a previously unseen level of intensity and violence, resulting in two distinct, but interlinked conflicts.
See also
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Ethnic conflict in Ghana
References
Conflicts in Ghana
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