Ethnic Policy

Foreign Policy lists 10 conflicts to keep an eye on in 2025. At least 6 of them are ethnic conflicts..

10 Conflicts to Watch in 2025 As Trump returns to office, the question is whether change will come at the negotiating table or on the battlefield.

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Today marks a pivotal moment in ’s history as militant rebels backed by Turkey have entered , leading to the apparent collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. This development concludes nearly five decades of family rule.

Thousands of have taken to the streets of the capital, celebrating the dawn of what many hope will be a new era of and justice. Rebel leaders have urged citizens to protect public property and maintain order during this transition.

While this change brings optimism, the path forward requires careful navigation to ensure the safety and inclusion of all communities. It’s essential to uphold the rights of minorities and work towards a diverse and unified Syria. The international community is closely monitoring the situation, emphasizing the importance of a peaceful and inclusive transition.

As Syria embarks on this new chapter, the focus must remain on fostering unity, protecting human rights, and building a nation that reflects the rich diversity of its people, away from terrorist and armed groups.

Was the Gaza hospital attack caused by a failed rocket launch? | Bird’s Eye View An Al Jazeera digital investigation found no grounds to the Israeli army claim that the strike on the al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza was caused by a failed ro...

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As Russia takes over the Eastern Ukrainian city of , changes to road signages have been made. This picture has become popular over the last few days, as it shows Mariupol municipality workers changing the sign from Ukrainian to Russian. The difference is just one letter. Nothing better highlights the significance of language, and the role it plays in this conflict. #мариуполь

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Ethnic in Kosovo have been left frustrated amid renewed tensions between and the government in .

They were sparked last week when ’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti refused to allow to organise voting for its presidential and parliamentary elections on Kosovan territory.

The tensions were visible in the Kosovo flashpoint city of , some 40 kilometres north of Kosovo’s capital Pristina. Mitrovica is divided between the Kosovo Albanian south and the predominantly ethnic Serb north and has been a scene of clashes between the two sides in the years since the Kosovo war ended in 1999.

’s move has been widely criticised by the US, Germany, UK, France and Italy, worried about a potential spillover of the conflict in an area where Russia has sought to establish its influence. Serbia’s pro-Russian government has for years nurtured close political and economic ties with Russia and in recent years the country has received weapons.

“We hope it will be peaceful, always and forever. No one needs a war, absolutely no one,” said one Kosovo Serb.

Hundreds of ethnic Serbs in Kosovo have protested the government’s decision. Kurti has argued his decision defends Kosovo's sovereignty.

According to Kurti, Serbia has failed to ask authorities for permission to organise the vote.

“Serbia’s illegal structures are trying to organise the elections in our territory as if our government did not exist,” he told the EU’s top official in Kosovo last week.

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Afghanistan is a multiethnic society. The population of the country is divided into a wide variety of ethnolinguistic groups.

The ethnic groups of the country are as follow: Pashtun, , Hazara, Uzbek, Aimak, , Baloch, Pashai, Nuristani, Gujjar, , Brahui, Pamiri and some others.

The Afghan National mentions a total of 14 .

No national census has been conducted in Afghanistan since a partial count in 1979, and years of war and population dislocation have made an accurate ethnic count impossible.

The people of form a complex mosaic of and linguistic groups. and (Dari), both Indo-European languages, are the official languages of the country.

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The latest on 's far-right problem:⁠

- officers stormed the apartments of five of their colleagues who were suspected of having sent extremist content like swastikas and **i caricatures in a WhatsApp group. The police say that the five police officers are being investigated for incitement.

- CDU politician and member Philipp Amthor appeared in a photo with two militant neo-N**is. The photo shows him with two men; one wearing a t-shirt supporting imprisoned denier Ursula Haverbeck.

- Freiburg police confiscated smartphones from three police officers with ties to chatrooms. The police have initiated internal disciplinary proceedings.

- The antifascist research group "Exif" reported that two violent neo-N**is who belong to the group "Hammerskins" are working for the city of Bochum. The administration is investigating these allegations.

- The public prosecutor's office investigated a total of 25 police officers from the West-German city of Essen who allegedly posted pictures, videos, and audio files in WhatsApp groups that contained symbols of far-right, unconstitutional organizations. Criminal charges have been filed against six of the officers who were seen in the chats.

- A 28-year-old neo-N**i was arrested after stabbing a person of Jamaican descent in Berlin. Before the knife attack, the neo-N**i hurled racist insults at his victim. This happened in the neighborhood of Berlin-Neukoelln, where people have reported several racist attacks in the last few years.

- A total of four suspects (31 to 34 years old) have been identified in the case of a suspected neo-N**i wearing a outfit who shot at environmental activists with a soft-air weapon in Seehausen last month.

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An ongoing post- trade dispute between the and centered on has threatened to cut off access to , raising the possibility that would be forced to leave the province, Boris Johnson warned on Wednesday.

Addressing parliament, Johnson said that communal representatives had “pointed out that because of the problem with the food sector it was becoming difficult for them to have timely access or any access to kosher food" and that they were beginning to speak about the possibility of “an exodus from Northern .”

The Jewish has had a presence in Northern Ireland since the mid-18th Century.

At its peak, there were about 1,500 members but the has been in sharp decline and there are now fewer than 100.

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It’s Independence Day today, but for there isn’t much to celebrate.
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Just 5% of governors in state schools in England are from minority ethnic backgrounds – a figure which has remained virtually unchanged for the last 20 years, according to a new report shared exclusively with the .
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