Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SUMMARY OF PAPERS PRESENTED

2.1 Theories and Conceptual Frameworks of the Nature, Causes and Consequences of Conflict

2.2 The Fundamental Causes of Armed Conflict in Human History: Reinterpretation of Available Sources

2.3 Socio-Economic Explanation of Conflict in the Horn of Africa

2.4 Geo-Political Explanations of Conflict in the Horn of Africa

2.5 The Root Causes of Conflict among the Southern Pastoral Communities of Ethiopia: A Case Study of Borana and Degodia

2.6 Understanding the Historical Origin and the Emerging Dynamics of Ethnic Conflict in Ethiopia

2.7 Law As a Source of Conflict: The Ethiopian Experience

2.8 Issues of Security and Conflict in the Ethiopian Frontiers: Notes on State Policies and Strategies

2.9 Conflict in the Horn: Prevention and Resolution

2.10 Inter-State Ethnic Conflict Resolution Strategies: Lessons to Overcome Ethnic Conflicts in Ethiopia

2.11 Language (Wo-Ga-Go-Da) Caused Conflict in North Omo Zone: A Lesson towards Future Policy Implementations

2.12 Ethnic Conflict As a Global Political Problem: Review of Conceptual and Theoretical Perspectives

2.13 Ethnocentrism among Four Ethnic Groups of Students Implications and Future Direction: The Case of Dilla College of Teacher Education and Health Sciences

2.14 Indigenous Mechanisms for the Prevention and Resolution of Conflict: The Experience of the Oromo in Ethiopia

2.15 Luba Basa and Harma Hodha: Traditional Principles of Conflict Resolutions in Metekkel

2.16 Indigenous Institutions of Conflict Resolution among the Ab'ala Afar of Northeastern Ethiopia

2.16 Intermarriage between Conflicting Groups: The Case of the Arsi Oromo and the Sidama

2.17 Indigenous Conflict Resolution in Pastoral Areas of Ethiopia: The Case Study of the Well Council and Arara of Borana

ANNEX I: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS