Conflict Management and Resolution Mechanisms: Among Afar: The Case of Dawe Woreda.
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2020-10
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Addis Ababa University
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This study focuses on conflict management and conflict resolution practices in DaweWereda of
the Afar region of Eastern Ethiopia.The qualitative research design, which uses data collection
methods including In-depth interviews, employed focus group discussion, and observation, was
used to explore the most common conflict causes, conflict management, and conflict resolution
practices, as well as the decision enforcement approaches of the Dawe people. The research
used 20 people (8 people for FGD and 12 In-depth interviewees) from Dawewereda. The study
found out that the most common causes of conflict mentioned were domestic violence such as
conflict within the family, conflict by grazing land, theft, the incursion of one‟s territory,Dessó
etc. It also found out that the most common conflict management practice is adherence to the
practices that have been passed down through generations such as Mataaka, GarciKalot,
Agatdacrisa, Giba/ Cuumi, and Ramli were clarified. The application of various punishment
mechanisms enforced by the family head- usually the father, age mates, chief of clans, the
council of Elders, and the Council of the Sultan was important conflict resolution methods used
in DaweWereda. The study found a strong association between law enforcement and the need to
be abided by the cultural practices of the people. Thus, it would be sensible to recommend that
the need to reinforce and include the cultural conflict management and conflict resolution
practices to the modern one in government institutions like the police and court.
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Conflict Management and Resolution Mechanisms: Among Afar: The Case of Dawe Woreda.