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Melaku Belay

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    "description": "<p>Unless conflict is managed properly, it results in political, social and economic destruction of<br>\nhuman beings. The paper focuses on Assessing and documenting the Nature (Procedures), Roles<br>\nand Challenges of Indigenous Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in Western Districts of South Wollo<br>\nZone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia. The data were collected from key informants, in-depth<br>\ninterview, focus group discussion, and document analysis. To this end, purposive and snowball<br>\nsampling are used to select the participants. As a finding of the research shows, the main causes<br>\nof the conflict in the study area are abduction, violation of social values (insult), theft, conflict<br>\nover claims of a girl, competition over ownership of land, and extramarital relationship with<br>\nmarried woman and unmarried girls, Fire of house/crops, inheritance especially when children<br>\nare born from different family, being drunkard, intoxication, by blood inheritance or in revenge<br>\nand so forth. In addition, the finding has also revealed existence of many local and community<br>\nbased customary practices and indigenous conflict resolution institutions. Ante(yzemed dagna),<br>\nAbagar, Mesal, Amare Kuna, Motte, Abiwolod, Abamamed, Qire, Awuchachign, Shimigilina and<br>\nso forth are well-known and formally recognized mediation and reconciliation mechanism to deal<br>\nwith range of conflicts from simple disputes to horrifying murder acts. Though these indigenous<br>\nconflict resolution mechanisms are relevant to ensure social cohesion, there are many encountered<br>\nproblems, which undermine the visibility and operationalization indigenous conflict resolution<br>\nmechanisms. As we obtain evidence from any kind of research tools, low implementation, little<br>\nacceptance of the issue to woreda formal judicial appeal, no support from the government, load<br>\nof tasks to council of elders even they engage in every bulky tasks, lack of bureau, lack of giving<br>\nrecognition and absence of security force that enforcement of the decision when conflict parties<br>\nwill be out of culture and religion based rules. Therefore, the study recommended that Religious<br>\nleaders should teach and preach religious and cultural values of the community instead of<br>\nfollowing western culture, the community should formulate organized rules and regulation which<br>\nare accepted by the majority, Government and policy makers should give attention to develop the<br>\nframework of indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms and its relevance for the local community.</p>", 
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