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Kandep clans make peace after tribal fighting leaves 16 dead
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Kandep clans make peace after tribal fighting leaves 16 dead

From Post-Courier · () English

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  • The Takalain and Alopa clans in Kandep District have made peace after one year and six months of tribal fighting.
  • The conflict claimed 16 lives.
  • Caritas Enga Incorporated led efforts to bring the clans together.

After 18 months of tribal fighting that killed 16 people, the Takalain and Alopa clans of the Kamain Tribe gathered together for the first time to make peace.

The clans are from the Lai Constituency in Kandep District, Papua New Guinea. Caritas Enga Incorporated carried out the efforts that brought them together.

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