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Richard Ametefe is a Research Fellow at the Department of Peace Studies, School for Development Studies (SDS), University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana. He holds a PhD in Development Studies (Peace and Conflict option) from UCC. His PhD thesis was titled “Culture and Transformation of Protracted Social Conflicts in Ghana: The Case of the Alavanyo-Nkonya Conflict.” His research interests and pub: Conflict Transformation & Resolution, Peacebuilding, Ethnicity, Migration, Human Rights, and Sust Dev't.
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Political vigilantism has come out as an offshoot of the violence that characterises multi-party elections in Ghana. Several studies on political vigilantism give primacy to the role of structural factors in explaining the phenomenon in Ghana. However, such a notion deprives political vigilantes of any sense of agency and further evades how the und...
The rise of political vigilante groups threatens democratic consolidation, peace and security of elections and national cohesion in Ghana. These vigilante groups, networked and sometimes formed by political party leaders, are mainly used for party election-related activities that go beyond ensuring success for their political party in elections to...
The issues facing surrogates are labour issues. However, there is scanty literature on the working conditions of surrogates in sub-Saharan Africa. This article explores the labour conditions of these unprotected and invisible reproductive workers in Ghana. In-depth interviews were conducted with key informants between 2018 and 2019. The study revea...
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In terms of violent conflicts, the northern sector of Ghana has had its fair share over the last three decades. These violent conflicts have affected the socio-economic lives of residents in several ways including loss of lives and displacements. While conflict-induced migration is evident in the literature, little is known about the migra...
This study examines market women’s participation in peacebuilding
in the Ekumfi-Narkwa community in the Central Region of
Ghana. In peacebuilding, women are often considered victims and
passive targets for aid, rather than contributors to the process.
Many studies and peacebuilders have neglected the critical role
played by women in the informal se...
The Asuogyaman District of the Eastern region of Ghana experienced a violent ethnic conflict in 1989/1990 between the Akwamu, on one hand, and the Tongu on the other. This conflict is further exacerbated by ethnic politics, which is fueled during election periods and which further divide the people. The present study investigates how social relatio...
The ethnic factor or ethnicity is noted to play a key role in protracted conflicts, which affect the social and political landscapes of modern Africa. We, therefore, examined the political behaviors in the Asuogyaman District in Ghana to unravel the complexities of cycles of conflict and resulting peace-building strategies. We collected data from 1...
