Ghana: conflict in Northern Region (1994-1996)

Sometimes referred to as the 'Guinea Fowl war' (due to a connection with an argument over guinea fowl in a local village), the civil conflict in the Northern Region of Ghana is estimated to have killed between 2,000 and 15,000 people. Members of the Dagomba, Nanumba and Gonja ethnic groups fought against the Konkomba minority ethnic group, following a failed attempt by the government to stabilise the situation militarily. The conflict ended through an NGO-led peace process which resulted in the Kumasi Peace Accord, which contains a series of bilateral agreements between all of the ethnic groups, and multilateral points of agreement over chieftancy, traduitional institutions, land rights, and reconciliation processes.