How Tradition and Tribal Courts Can End War

Monday, October 1, 2012 - 09:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Papua New Guinea's Enga tribes fought with bows and arrows until 1990, when their young people and mercenary "Rambos" began using shotguns and semiautomatics, igniting 20 years of warfare that killed 4,816 people. A new study shows how traditional tribal courts restored peace.

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