Abstract:

From creation, conflict has since lived with mankind in all facets of life. Conflict lives with man, his environment, groups or associations. In families or marriages, conflict is deeply experienced either in the form of simple or chronic. At the workplace or the institutional level, conflict plays a key role in work operations among or between employees and employers or core management. Conflict in itself comes with positive and negative development to society. In the sovereign country like Ghana, majority of the population hold the perception or proposition that the five regions of the North are deeply rooted into conflict engagements. This perception is done to some geo-conflict occurrences in the Northern part of Ghana. The question is - what really is the term conflict? Many have divergent conceptualized views, opinions or perceptions about conflict in society. Some find answers by saying it erupts when there is argument between two or more people, when there are interests to satisfy, misunderstanding, cheating, injustice among others. Even identical twins do have conflicts. Examples of conflicts include the Kusasi – Mamprusi conflict of Bawku, Konkomba – Dagomba conflict, the Abudu – Andani Dagbon Chieftaincy conflict all of Northern Ghana and the Eritrean – Ethiopia Civil War, Rwandan Genocide, Somali Civil War, Nigerian Civil War as well as the Russia – Ukraine War.

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