Conflict resolution

Posters demanding an end to Uzbek-language exams in schools, during an April 18 protest outside Kyrgyzstan's parliament. (Photo: Kloop.kg)
Row Over Uzbek Language in Kyrgyzstan
Ekaterina Shoshina
5 May 12
Calls for minority language to be dropped as option from school exams are dangerously incendiary, experts warn.
Day-to-day civility conceals underlying mistrust between ethnic communities in southern Kyrgyzstan. Here, the central market in Osh, June 2011. (Photo: Pavel Gromsky)
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Unease Persists in South Kyrgyzstan
Timur Toktonaliev
4 May 12
Lack of real reconciliation leaves Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities far apart.
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Crossing-point between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. (Photo: Nozim Kalandarov)
Gas Row Highlights Tajik-Uzbek Tensions
Yulia Goryaynova
Galim Faskhutdinov
24 Apr 12
Dispute over fuel supply resolved for now, but angry rhetoric reflects longstanding mistrust.
Northern Ugandans are still seeking redress for the LRA conflict which uprooted more than 1.8 million people from their homes. (Photo: Simon Jennings)
Uganda
Compensation Calls as Uganda Renews LRA Amnesty
Moses Odokonyero
Simon Jennings
20 Apr 12
Process of reintegrating rebel combatants will continue, but too little has been done to help victims.
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A broad ribbon of red chairs winds its way through Sarajevo, April 6, 2012. (Photo: Sanja Vrzic)
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Sarajevo Still Bears Its Scars
Merdijana Sadović
11 Apr 12
Twenty years on, city remembers victims of siege as ethnic divisions persist.
Parviz Amiraliyev and Firdovsi Gasimov are working together to rebuild their homes. (Photo: Seymur Kazimov)
Displaced Azeris Rebuild Lives on Front Line
Seymur Kazimov
5 Apr 12
Government wants people to go back to villages, and helps them raise old homes from ruins.
Ayaz Mutallibov at his late son's wake, August 2011. (Photo: Idrak Abbasov) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon inspects Burundian troops in recognition of the country's contribution to the African Union Mission in Somalia. Uganda and Burundi are the only countries to have provided troops for the peacekeeping force in Somalia. (Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) Most of Akhalgori’s former residents have been temporarily rehoused in the settlement of Tserovani. (Photo: Maia Avaliani) Crossing-point between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. (Photo: Nozim Kalandarov) Parviz Amiraliyev and Firdovsi Gasimov are working together to rebuild their homes. (Photo: Seymur Kazimov) Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki addresses a press conference on December 21. (Photo: Ahmed al-Baghdadi)
Many Tajiks and other Central Asians work in the building industry in Russia. (Photo: Zarina Khushvaqt) Northern Ugandans are still seeking redress for the LRA conflict which uprooted more than 1.8 million people from their homes. (Photo: Simon Jennings) Sarajevo residents left flowers in tribute to the dead. (Photo: Sanja Vrzic) John Schoeberlein. (Photo: D. Dalton Bennett/Sons of Hedin) Paata Zakareishvili warns that accusing Russia of a historical genocide will result in retaliatory action against Georgia. (Photo: Maia Avaliani) Disputes over land in northern Uganda could fuel fresh tensions. (Photo: US Army Africa/Flickr)