Causes and Consequences of Conflicts Among Agricultural Communities in Ethiopia: The Case of Tisho Kebele’s Deliberate Attacks on the Yebeno People in Burji Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Abstract

This research was conducted in Burji zone South Ethiopia region. The main intent of the paper was to assess the causes and consequences of Tisho kebele’s deliberate attacks on Yebeno people in mid of April 2024. More precisely, the research was aimed to identify the underlying causes, to investigate the socio-economic effects of the conflicts, to assess the responses provided by Burji zone government to arisen conflict and to propose intervention strategies to end the conflict. As a result, the study employed a descriptive research design and followed qualitative research approach. Besides, the primary data of the study was collected from the kebele leaders, elders and religious leaders through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. To select the respondents who have ample understanding about the conflict the researcher was used the purposive sampling techniques. Moreover, the conceptual information about the conflict was collected from secondary data sources such as journals and articles. Above all, the deliberate attack of Tisho kebele on the Yebeno people were out of the norm of Burji people in their long time history and it was destructive in nature. Due to this, a number of people were displaced and wounds within combination of burning and stealing of resources that estimated in millions of Birr. Thus, it is expected from the concerned stakeholders to search ways how to resolve the arisen conflict as soon as possible.