Politically engineered violence along the Oromia-Somali border displaced more than a million ethnic Oromo in 2018. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) resettled in Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne (Addis Ababa) ...

The Karrayyu have long history of conflictual interactions with neighboring communities which is dated back to the imperial era. Culture of fame and clash over the grazing areas were the main factors for the conflict ...

This thesis dealt with the causes, actors and the impacts of the Mareko-Gurage inter-ethnic conflict in the Mareko woreda of Gurage Zone, Ethiopia. The study examined the underlying factors that caused violent inter-ethnic ...

As Dire Dawa is territorially coterminous with the Somali and Oromo regions, it became a bone of contention between the two regions. Both regions lay their claims over the city on the basis of ethnic territoriality. ...

This study intended to find out the role of customary institution in managing resource based dispute among Somali pastoralists in Harshin district, Somali regional state, Ethiopia. the specific objectives were to assess ...

Local governance is part of the government of a country which deals mainly with problems or issues related to a given population within a given territory. Peace building refers to as a process of strengthening a society’s ...