Framework for building synergies of the traditional and formal political adjudicatory institutions in conflict resolution in north-western Ghana

The global spread of conflict is unimaginable, and Africa is especially plagued with this conundrum.In the West African sub-region, traditional and formal (inherited/western) adjudicatory institutions operate independently of each other in the same environment irrespective of the fact that both institutions function to create an ordered society for the same group of persons.Evidence shows that efforts made over the years to integrate the operations of the two institutions in the context of conflict resolution in Ghana have proven unsuccessful.The aim of this paper is to proffer an appropriate framework that could enable the traditional Thaddeus Arkum Aasoglenang