Diversity and Conflict/Minority Issues
![Nepalese police clash with supporters of opposition political parties during a protest against a draft constitution in Kathmandu on August 15, 2015. [photo credit: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/nepal_protest_-_afp_1.jpg "Nepalese police clash with supporters of opposition political parties during a protest against a draft constitution in Kathmandu on August 15, 2015. [photo credit: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images]")
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22 September 2015
Protesters and police clash in Nepal after adoption of new constitution
![Dozens of residents in Misurata pray after attending a protest organized to voice their discontent with what they perceive is Gen. Khalifa Hifter's alliance with Egypt's government [photo credit: Javier Manzano/For The Washington Post]](/sites/default/files/libya_-_washington_post_converted.jpg "Dozens of residents in Misurata pray after attending a protest organized to voice their discontent with what they perceive is Gen. Khalifa Hifter's alliance with Egypt's government [photo credit: Javier Manzano/For The Washington Post]")
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21 September 2015
Op-Ed: In Libya, trying to make one government out of two
![Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera speaks during the 30th regular session at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Sri Lanka told the U.N. Human Rights Council it plans to implement change to foster postwar reconciliation with the country’s Tamil minority [photo credit: AFP]](/sites/default/files/bn-kh130_srilan_j_20150914112509_-_afp_0.jpg "Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera speaks during the 30th regular session at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Sri Lanka told the U.N. Human Rights Council it plans to implement change to foster postwar reconciliation with the country’s Tamil minority [photo credit: AFP]")
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14 September 2015
Sri Lanka promises reforms for post-war reconciliation to UN Human Rights Council
![Sushil Koirala and Pushpa Kamal Dahal greeting each other as the CA puts amendment proposals to vote on Sunday [photo credit: The Himalayan Times]](/sites/default/files/koirala-dahal-ca_-_the_himalayan_times._jpg_0.jpg "Sushil Koirala and Pushpa Kamal Dahal greeting each other as the CA puts amendment proposals to vote on Sunday [photo credit: The Himalayan Times]")
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14 September 2015
Nepal constituent assembly votes on final constitution draft
![Karen National Union (KNU) chairman Mutu Say Poe (R) talks to Myanmar"s President Thein Sein at a meeting between the president and ethnic rebel groups to discuss a nationwide ceasefire agreement in Naypyitaw September 9, 2015 [photo credit: Reuters]](/sites/default/files/myanmar_-_reuters_0.jpeg "Karen National Union (KNU) chairman Mutu Say Poe (R) talks to Myanmar\"s President Thein Sein at a meeting between the president and ethnic rebel groups to discuss a nationwide ceasefire agreement in Naypyitaw September 9, 2015 [photo credit: Reuters]")
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10 September 2015
Myanmar president discusses peace talks while opposition calls for a robust pact
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9 September 2015
Nepal groups threaten walk out of constitution process as minority issues become divisive
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9 September 2015
Foreign Minister says Ukraine regional elections will destabilise Minsk agreeement
![Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko [photo credit: Reuters]](/sites/default/files/poroshenko_-_rt_0.jpg "Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko [photo credit: Reuters]")
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8 September 2015
Ukraine: Poroshenko speaks on decentralisation and ending the conflict
![Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, right, listens to former president Mahinda Rajapaksa after the first meeting of the members of parliament since the election on Aug. 17, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 [photo credit: AP]](/sites/default/files/sri_lanka_leader_-_ap_0.jpg "Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, right, listens to former president Mahinda Rajapaksa after the first meeting of the members of parliament since the election on Aug. 17, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 [photo credit: AP]")
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2 September 2015
Sri Lanka leader urges new parliament to provide reforms for ethnic harmony
![Smoke rises from the parliament building in Kiev as activists from radical Ukrainian parties, including the nationalist Svoboda, clash with police [photo credit: AFP]](/sites/default/files/ukraine_fighting_-_afp_0.jpg "Smoke rises from the parliament building in Kiev as activists from radical Ukrainian parties, including the nationalist Svoboda, clash with police [photo credit: AFP]")
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1 September 2015
Violence erupts in Ukraine in opposition to planned decentralisation in constitution