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![Burundi"s President President Pierre Nkurunziza delivers his speech after being sworn-in for a third term following his re-election at the Congress Palace in Kigobe district, Bujumbura, August 20, 2015 [photo credit: Reuters]](/sites/default/files/burundi_president_-_reuters_0.jpg "Burundi\"s President President Pierre Nkurunziza delivers his speech after being sworn-in for a third term following his re-election at the Congress Palace in Kigobe district, Bujumbura, August 20, 2015 [photo credit: Reuters]")
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26 August 2015
Burundi president nominates new cabinet in controversial third term
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26 August 2015
UN Security Council pressures South Sudan to sign peace deal
![Nepalese police officers detaining a protester in Kathmandu on Sunday. Members of the Tharu ethnic group have rebelled against a draft constitution that does not establish a separate territory for them [photo credit: Reuters]](/sites/default/files/25nepal-web-superjumbo_-_reuters_0.jpg "Nepalese police officers detaining a protester in Kathmandu on Sunday. Members of the Tharu ethnic group have rebelled against a draft constitution that does not establish a separate territory for them [photo credit: Reuters]")
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25 August 2015
Draft federal constitution causes protests and attacks on police in Nepal
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24 August 2015
Final version of constitution tabled in Nepal amid party opposition and public protest
![Nuri Abu Sahmain (C), the new head of Libya’s General National Congress (GNC), raises the signature sheet during a signing ceremony for the law on elections of the constituent body for the drafting of a new constitution, in Beida [photo credit: Reuters]](/sites/default/files/0812-olibya-libya-assembly_-_reuters_0.jpg "Nuri Abu Sahmain (C), the new head of Libya’s General National Congress (GNC), raises the signature sheet during a signing ceremony for the law on elections of the constituent body for the drafting of a new constitution, in Beida [photo credit: Reuters]")
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24 August 2015
Libya: Tebus and Tuareg members walk out of Constitution Drafting Assembly
![Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza [photo credit: AFP]](/sites/default/files/part-par-par8252684-1-1-0_-_afp_0.jpg "Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza [photo credit: AFP]")
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21 August 2015
Burundi president sworn in for third term, opposition say unconstitutional
![Shwe Man (L), Speaker of the Union Parliament, and Myanmar"s President Thein Sein exit after he gave a speech at the regular 9th section of the Union parliament on the final day in Nyapyitaw in this March 26, 2014 [photo credit: Reuters]](/sites/default/files/myanmar_-_reuters_0.jpg "Shwe Man (L), Speaker of the Union Parliament, and Myanmar\"s President Thein Sein exit after he gave a speech at the regular 9th section of the Union parliament on the final day in Nyapyitaw in this March 26, 2014 [photo credit: Reuters]")
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20 August 2015
Myanmar lawmakers to vote on impeachment bill following political turmoil
![Liberian President Sirleaf with members of the Constitutional Review Committee [photo credit: Buzz Liberia]](/sites/default/files/liberia_crc_-_buzz_liberia_0.jpg "Liberian President Sirleaf with members of the Constitutional Review Committee [photo credit: Buzz Liberia]")
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20 August 2015
Liberia president receives report from the constitutional review committee
![Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (C) arrives at a polling station during a general election in Colombo, August 17, 2015 [photo credit: Reuters]](/sites/default/files/rajapaska_-_reuters_0.jpeg "Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (C) arrives at a polling station during a general election in Colombo, August 17, 2015 [photo credit: Reuters]")
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19 August 2015
Sri Lanka goes to the polls giving future mandate for constitutional reforms on government accountability
Voices From The Field
18 August 2015
Political rights of Women in Egypt’s Second Republic: Ambitious Aspirations and Dismal Realities