Abstract
This study was conducted in Dollo Ado District with main objective of identifying the causes of conflict and the characteristic of the indigenous conflict resolution mechanism among Degodia clan of Dollo Ado district. As such, it is aimed to explore the source of conflict within the Degodia clan, identify the means of conflict resolution, its challenge as well as relation with modern institution. The study is designed qualitatively on the basis of primary source of data. The finding of the study shows that the source of conflict among Degodia clan are related to water point access, farmland, and women. Moreover, the study reveals that the Degodia clan traditional conflict resolution method remains more acceptable than the modern state law because it is easier to get the society elders than the government proceedings or it is cheaper, not time consuming with law cost. The finding of the study also shows that there are challenges faced the Degodia traditional conflict resolution strategy, which among others include financial problem and luck of support by the government locally. Finally, in order to minimize the source of conflict within the society, the study recommends that the government should work towards settling the people based on identified borders between the clans, distributing land ownerships for clan or even individuals levels, increasing access for water availability and realizing women equality with men in such as property ownership and marriage rights, to overcome the challenges faced by the traditional conflict resolution institution the government at local level or national levels should support the elders financially and in terms of training.
Highlights
Conflict is an unavoidable phenomenon in human life since the entire life of humankind is manipulated by the widespread of conflict within the society when people set opinion against opinion, run interest against interest [1]
Objective of the Study The general objective of this study is to examine causes of conflict and the characteristic of the indigenous conflict resolution mechanism among Degodia clan of Dollo Ado district
If any one of the conflicting parties refuses to stop the fight, it is the role of the religious leaders to convince them and bring them to the tree for negotiation
Summary
Conflict is an unavoidable phenomenon in human life since the entire life of humankind is manipulated by the widespread of conflict within the society when people set opinion against opinion, run interest against interest [1]. The working definition of conflict is that; it is a social situation in which a minimum of two parties (actors) strives to acquire at the same movement in time an available set of scarce resources, which is difficult [2]. Conflict is defined as a confrontation between one or more parties aspiring towards incompatible or competitive means or ends [3]. Confrontation is a process that begins when one party observes that another party has undesirably affected or is about to negatively affect, something that the first party cares about. According to Fiseha, it is conceivable to distinguish between the modern, more of the western oriented, school curriculum based and formally trained ways of conflict management and resolution mechanism and a traditional, more of cultural context oriented, and indigenous knowledge based conflict management and resolution mechanisms [5]
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