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How women in northern Ghana resolved a land conflict

Maxwell Suuk in northeastern Ghana
May 24, 2025

When the men in the Doba and Kandiga communities in northeastern Ghana went to war over land ownership, their wives did not sit idle. They capitalized on what oral tradition prescribed about women's role in the restoration of peace.

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Maxwell Suuk Maxwell is a DW reporter based in Tamale, Northern Ghana.