In 1999 alone, the world was plagued by 14 full-scale wars and several armed conflicts. In 2000, these numbers did not fluctuate much. In fact, the world experienced an increase in violence and ...

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Igor Božic, a journalist in Belgrade, Serbia, about violence in Kosovo after ethnic Serbs tried to take control of government offices after ethnic Albanians won elections.

QOSMEZGIL, Kazakhstan -- There is a quiet farming village in southern Kazakhstan that has been home to several thousand ethnic Uzbeks and Kazakhs living side by side for centuries. But peace in the ...

Kenya re-introduced multi-party politics in 1991. This led to the formation of ethnic parties to jostle for the presidency with different parties assuming different strategies to suit their ethnic ...

The RSF itself is the terrible creation of a history of state-driven violence, exclusion and opportunism in Sudan. Its ...

Women prepare traditional Ethiopian coffee at street-side coffee stall in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Tensions over the deadly conflict in Ethiopia are spreading well ...

An ethnic minority faces state violence after advocating for self-determination. Immigrants endure discrimination from the native population. A local government faces the challenges of integrating ...

GONDAR, Ethiopia — Aba Yosief Desta preferred not to discuss the ethnicities of victims in the widening conflicts threatening Ethiopia’s unity. A wooden cross in hand, the Orthodox monk in yellow ...

Myanmar's incoming government announced plans Thursday to create a ministry for ethnic affairs, marking the importance it places on relations with minorities in a country scarred by festering civil ...

In today's world, multi-ethnic states are the norm. The traditional nation-state, where a distinct national group corresponds to a territorial unit, has become an endangered species. Globalization and ...