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The signing ceremony in the capital Nay Pyi Taw is the result of two years of negotiations (photo credit: BBC News)

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15 October 2015

Myanmar signs peace deal with armed rebel groups

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir (seated) signs a peace agreement in Juba, August 26, 2015. (Photo credit: Reuters/Jok Solomu)

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14 October 2015

IGAD calls for suspension of unilateral decentralisation in South Sudan, stating that it violates the peace deal

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (28 September 2015)

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14 October 2015

Chile fires starting gun on new constitution

Meechai Ruchupan (photo credit: Bangkok Post)

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13 October 2015

Thailand constitution drafting committee calls for drafting of completely fresh charter

A photo taken on September 21, 2013 shows Tunisian mediators (LtoR) the President of the Tunisian employers union (UTICA), Wided Bouchamaoui, Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Houcine Abbassi (L) , President of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH), Abdessattar ben Moussa and the president of the National Bar Association, Mohamed Fadhel Mahmoud at a press conference in Tunis. (photo credit: Fethi Belaid / AFP / Getty Images)

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12 October 2015

Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Tunisia quartet for ushering constitutional transition to democracy

Nepal's new prime minister, K.P. Sharma Oli (photo credit Niranjan Shrestha/Associated Press)

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12 October 2015

Nepal elects new Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli

Rwandan President Paul Kagame [photo credit: AFP]

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9 October 2015

Rwanda's Supreme Court holds that constitutional amendment on term limits is lawful

Armenian parliament building (photo credit: Wikimedia)

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9 October 2015

Armenian president sets referendum date for constitutional reform to a parliamentary republic

Voters waiting to cast their referendum vote for secession from Sudan in 2011 (photo credit: UNAMID)

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8 October 2015

South Sudan government declares decentralisation reflects the will of the people, refuting international outcry on unilateral decision

Farc rebels. The peace agreement seeks to end the longest running conflict in the Americas (photo credit: The Independent)

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8 October 2015

Colombian senate approves constitutional reform to implement peace deal

photo credit: AP

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7 October 2015

Libya's parliament extends mandate beyond October 20, problematic for UN peace talks

Sri Lankan parliament (photo credit: Hemmathagama)

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6 October 2015

Sri Lanka Constitutional Council receives 500 nominations for independent bodies

Ukrainian parliament [photo credit: Voice of Sevastopol]

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6 October 2015

Ukraine parliament chair sets out priorities and timeframe of decentralisation laws

Security has been stepped up since the attack in Sousse [photo credit: BBC News]

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5 October 2015

Tunisia to lift state of emergency after Sousse beach attack

Meechai Ruchupan [photo credit: Bangkok Post]

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5 October 2015

Thailand: Junta nominates Constitution Drafting Committee members following rejection of draft constitution in September