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![Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia H.E. Omar Sharmarke [photo credit: Somaliland Press]](/sites/default/files/somalia_pm_-_somaliland_press_0.jpg "Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia H.E. Omar Sharmarke [photo credit: Somaliland Press]")
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1 September 2015
Somali PM holds constitution workshop with regional states and civil society
![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
![Shwe Mann, then speaker of Union Parliament, attends a parliament meeting at Union Parliament in Naypyitaw in this August 18, 2015 [photo credit: Reuters]](/sites/default/files/mynmar_shwe_mann_-_reuters_0.jpeg "Shwe Mann, then speaker of Union Parliament, attends a parliament meeting at Union Parliament in Naypyitaw in this August 18, 2015 [photo credit: Reuters]")
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31 August 2015
Op-Ed: Myanmar's drawn out constitutional battles ended with military force
![Central African Republic's MP assist to the debates of the new constitution vote on August 30, 2015 in Bangui [photo credit: AFP]](/sites/default/files/car_-_afp_0.jpg "Central African Republic's MP assist to the debates of the new constitution vote on August 30, 2015 in Bangui [photo credit: AFP]")
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31 August 2015
Central African Republic adopts presidential two-term limit in attempts to stem sectarian violence
![Liberia Constitutional Review Commission [photo credit: Buzz Liberia]](/sites/default/files/liberia_crc_-_buzz_liberia_1_0.jpg "Liberia Constitutional Review Commission [photo credit: Buzz Liberia]")
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28 August 2015
Liberia: Chair explains constitution building process and opportunity for women's rights
![Nepal constituent assembly [photo credit: Wilberforce]](/sites/default/files/nepal-constituent-assembly_-_wilberforce_0.jpg "Nepal constituent assembly [photo credit: Wilberforce]")
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28 August 2015
Nepal's ethnicity, religion and gender in new constitution are deliberated in the Constituent Assembly
![Nepalese protesters hit a policeman with a torch during a rally in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, August 15, 2015 [photo credit: AP]](/sites/default/files/nepal-attack-l_-_ap_1.jpg "Nepalese protesters hit a policeman with a torch during a rally in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, August 15, 2015 [photo credit: AP]")
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27 August 2015
Op-Ed: Nepal's federalism, violence and constitutional change
![Former President Mwai Kibaki holds newly promulgated constitution [photo credit: CNN]](/sites/default/files/kibaki_constitution_-_cnn_0.jpg "Former President Mwai Kibaki holds newly promulgated constitution [photo credit: CNN]")
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27 August 2015
Op-Ed: Happy Birthday to Kenya’s Constitution
![Democracy of Monument and four wing-like structures which guard the Constitution, Situated on a traffic circle on Ratchadamnoen Klang at Bangkok Thailand [photo credit: Office Holidays]](/sites/default/files/thailand_democracy_monument_-_office_holidays_1.jpg "Democracy of Monument and four wing-like structures which guard the Constitution, Situated on a traffic circle on Ratchadamnoen Klang at Bangkok Thailand [photo credit: Office Holidays]")
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27 August 2015
Thailand draft constitution moves to National Reform Council for endorsement
![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