Building Sustainable Peace
Conflict, conciliation and civil society in northern Ghana
Intense fighting in the Northern Region of Ghana in 1994 and 1995 led to the loss of 15,000 lives and the displacement of 200,000 people. A formal peace treaty negotiated by the government ended the fighting but did not address the underlying causes of the conflict, which were a complex mix of economic, political and ethnic factors. An informal consortium of NGOs, initially involved in delivering humanitarian aid, set up a parallel peace process seeking to build up trust through a series of peace-education workshops and the creation of a multi-ethnic Youth and Development Association. The success of the process was symbolised by the signing of the Kumasi Peace Accord in 1996. This report commissioned by the Northern Ghana Inter-NGO Consortium demonstrates how a network of NGOs sharing skills and building up local capacities can play an invaluable role in promoting sustainable peace after conflict.
Published: 1999
Pages: 72
eBook: 9780855986698
Paperback: 9780855984236
| Acknowledgements; | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Acronyms and glossary; | |||
| Executive summary: | |||
| * Background to the conflict; | |||
| * The impact of the conflict; | |||
| * Immediate peace-keeping and humanitarian response; | |||
| * The peace process; | |||
| * Conclusion; | |||
| * Summary of recommendations; | |||
| 2. Introduction; | |||
| 3. Background to the conflict; | |||
| * Introduction; | |||
| * Under-development and uneven development in Ghana; | |||
| * Population and ethnic groups in the Northern Region; | |||
| * Land, production, and settlement; | |||
| * Governance; | |||
| * Ethnicity and identity; | |||
| * Conclusion; | |||
| 4. The War and its Impact; | |||
| * The conflict; | |||
| * The impact; | |||
| 5. Peace-Keeping and humanitarian relief and rehabilitaion; | |||
| * Peace-keeping; | |||
| * Government relief and rehabilitation programmes; | |||
| * NGO relief and rehabilitation programmes; | |||
| * NGO/government co-operation; | |||
| 6. The Peace Process; | |||
| * Government peace initiatives; | |||
| * NGO initiatives; | |||
| * Peace-awareness campaign; | |||
| * the Kumasi Peace Agreement:issues addressed; | |||
| * Peace projects initiatedby NGO's and religious bodies; | |||
| * Relationship with the government; | |||
| * Assessment of the situation and future prospects; | |||
| 7. Conclusion; | |||
| 8. Recommendations; | |||
| * For the consortium; | |||
| * For local government; | |||
| * For traditional authority and civil-society leaders; | |||
| * For central government; | |||
| * For donors; |
Ada Linde
Ada Linde is Programme Development Officer at HealthNet TPO
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