The Konkomba and Anufo ethnic groups in the Northern and North East Regions have resolved to use the district peace committees to settle their differences.
The two ethnic groups recently clashed leaving several persons dead and a number of communities razed down.
Though the people have lived together for centuries and have intermarried, they have clashed twice in the last year.There are fears that if steps are not put in the resolve the matter, the two groups could clash again.
The district committee will, therefore, be made up of representatives from both factions to reduce mutual suspicion among the people and to champion the peace mediation process in the area.
The committee will visit communities to sensitize them on the need to peacefully coexist.
The peace mediation process became necessary after the leadership of the Konkombas and Anufos last week was invited for a meeting with the interior minister.
At a mediation meeting between the Ministry for the Interior and the two groups last week, it emerged that the two sides were planning to fight each other on the 6th of March.
The MPs for the area, have organized a follow-up durbar to sensitize the people to peace.
Addressing the Anufo and Konkomba communities in Chereponi, the Regent for the Chereponi traditional area, Malba Jaminja Kofi, called on his people to embrace peace.
“We will not go to any Konkomba community to attack. We Anufos will never ever attack”.
The Paramount Chief of Saboba, Bowan Mateer-John said there is the need to forget the past and forge on how to develop the two districts since the districts are lacking in terms of development.
The two ethnic groups in January this year renewed a clash over a piece of land at Nanduni, a farming community in the Chereponi district of the Northern Region.
At least two persons lost their lives, while over one hundred and fifty houses were burnt.
Over one thousand residents of the area have been rendered homeless in the process.
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By: Diana Ngon | citinewsroom.com | Ghana
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