From controlled checkpoints to abandoned state buildings, the image reflects how military dominance interacts with politics and resistance.
By Yousuf Nazar

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Military Power, Politics, And Ethnicity In Egypt, Myanmar, And Pakistan Military power may seize the state, but its sustainability depends on how societies marked by diversity, youth, and resistance respond to unchecked dominance

Military presence embedded within society highlights hybrid rule and ethnic tensions across Pakistan, Egypt, and Myanmar.”
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PANNIER: Afghanistan’s increasingly unruly north a headache for Taliban and Central Asia Volatility is high given differing agendas of ethnic Tajiks, ethnic Uzbeks, Pashtun regime forces and jihadist militia and terrorists.

Volatility is high given differing agendas of ethnic Tajiks, ethnic Uzbeks, Pashtun regime forces and jihadist militia and terrorists. Bne IntelliNews #Afghanistan #Taliban #CentralAsia #ethnicconflict #jihadists

CFP now open — research on #Nationalism, ethnicity, or migration? NYC, May 2025. Apply here Link: www.asnconvention.com
#Nationalism • #InternationalAffairs • #IdentityPolitics • #EthnicConflict • #Migration

2/5 🚨 Over 25k minors displaced by the conflict since May 3rd. 😔 At least 4 minors have died by suicide in just over 2mths, highlighting the severe mental health toll. #EthnicConflict #Displacement #Children

Manipur ethnic violence was planned and targeted, says Independent Tribunal report Guwahati: The Independent People’s Tribunal on the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur has concluded that the violence between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities was not spontaneous but planned, ethnic...

ts members included retired High Court judges, ex-IAS and IPS officers, advocates, academics, journalists, writers, and human rights defenders
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NEELAN: UNSILENCED chronicles the life and legacy of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, a constitutional scholar assassinated for promoting democratic solutions to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict, #SriLanka #ethnicconflict #pluralism #JVP #humanrights

#OTD #TDIH #July16, 1964: The 6-day #HarlemRiotOf1964 begins.
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#SudanInCrisis2025 #EthnicConflict #HumanitarianTragedy 😢 Fighting continues despite peace talks, urgent aid needed to prevent famine. Global witnesses rising calls for intervention. 🌍💔 #HumanRights

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Sri Lanka Seeks to Implement a New Constitution: This Is What It Must Contain Sri Lanka’s recently elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s political coalition, the National People’s Power (NPP), won an overwhelming amount of support from the majority Sinhalese community as...

With a supermajority in #Parliament, President #Dissanayake has a historic chance to deliver real constitutional reform. Learn what must be included in Sri Lanka's new #constitution by reading this article: tinyurl.com/6v95cvb3 #federalism #devolution #ethnicconflict #LTTE

Manipur police arrest 4 suspected militants from banned groups and 2 Arambai Tenggol members over kidnappings and extortion.

Security forces seize arms amid ongoing ethnic conflict.

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None spared in Nigeria gun, machete massacre – survivors People were hacked to death with machetes. Gunfire erupted everywhere, seemingly at random. No one was spared, including a nine-month-old baby. Two attacks in as many weeks in Nigeria’s Plateau state have left more than 100 people dead in a region known for intercommunal conflict and land disputes between herders and farmers. But the back-to-back massacres – more than 50 people killed in two districts – represent a serious escalation, with authorities scrambling to contain the attacks in a state where ethnic tensions have long simmered. “There was no specific target. They were just shooting,” said Peter John, a survivor from Sunday night’s attack on the village of Kimakpa, some 25 kilometres from the state capital. Jos. John (25), who spoke to AFP while receiving treatment at a nearby hospital, said he escaped the attackers, who burst into his family’s home around 22h00, by climbing onto the roof. His sister and her daughter, as well as his older brother and nine-month-old niece, all died from gunshot and machete wounds as the unidentified men rampaged from house to house. “They shot and killed my younger sister and her daughter right in front of me,” John said. Farmers and herders in Plateau have long clashed over access to dwindling pasture and fields in a state ravaged by climate change, illegal mining and land grabs. The fact that most farmers are Christian and most herders from the Muslim Fulani ethnic group gives the conflict an ethnic and religious dimension. John and other witnesses told AFP the attackers were speaking the Fulani language. When local officials made similar remarks in reference to the earlier massacre this month, a local herders group denounced the killings – but also said their members were under attack from farmers. With no reported arrests or proven motive for the assaults, authorities have not been able to explain the recent uptick in violence. That has not stopped some politicians from warning of a “genocide” – language that critics say distracts from the larger issue of criminal impunity and lack of government control in the countryside. “This is not an isolated conflict between farmers and herders,” said governor Caleb Mutfwang in a speech yesterday. “What we are witnessing is a systematic and premeditated campaign,” he alleged, claiming the killers had outside “sponsors”. In response to the massacre, Mutfwang banned cattle grazing at night and transporting cattle by vehicle after 19h00. He called on local vigilante groups to “organise night patrols in coordination with the security agencies”. John said he called a vigilante group on Sunday night – to no avail. “It was too late,” he told AFP, as his seven-year-old nephew lay in the hospital in deep pain, with severe injuries to his neck and head from a machete. Earlier in the day, security forces had been present. But they had left before the evening killings started. He said that prior to the attack, there was another incident in Kimakpa, where security had been provided due to rising insecurity in the area. “The attackers came, shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ (‘God is Greater’), and began shooting, killing people and burning houses,” John said. Diwe Gado Diwe (41), whose cousin was killed, described the attack as one of the worst experiences of his life. He was away from the village when the attackers struck – when his sister called him, he could not return because it was too dangerous. “She told me not to come,” he told AFP at the hospital, shortly after his brother died in the intensive care unit after being shot and hacked. “I tried calling the vigilante group, but the line didn’t go through,” said Diwe, who works in neighbouring Bauchi state but was back in the area visiting family. He was later told that one of the first people killed was a vigilante on patrol. Jessica John (45) sat at the bedside of her son, Saryie John, awaiting surgery to remove a bullet lodged in his chest. Her son, like others, fled the house but returned later with a friend to check on the family. The friend was shot dead. Saryie John has survived, for now. – Nampa/AFP The post None spared in Nigeria gun, machete massacre – survivors appeared first on The Namibian.

#Nigeria #GunViolence #Massacre #Survivors #EthnicConflict

South Sudan on brink of civil war as UN warns of rising tensions South Sudan is on the verge of another civil war, the UN’s top official in the country warned Monday, citing escalating violence and a stalled peace process.

Tensions between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar have deepened, threatening to unravel the fragile 2018 peace deal and plunge the nation into renewed conflict.#Africa #SouthSudan #civilwar #SalvaKiir #RiekMachar #humanrights #ethnicconflict (2/2)

Today’s thought:

Can we understand ethnic conflict in terms of psychology of fear?

#ethnicconflict #psychology #fear

Manipur bodies recovery: Widespread mob violence reported, curfew imposed, mobile internet suspended - Yes Punjab News Curfew has been clamped in Manipur's Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, and Thoubal districts on Saturday after widespread attacks in different places, including on residences of ministers and MLAs,...

Manipur bodies recovery: Widespread mob violence reported, curfew imposed, mobile internet suspended yespunjab.com?p=61489

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What is going on in #Manipur? A thread.
1/ The ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur between the Meitei and Kuki communities has plunged the state into violence and unrest. It’s a deep-rooted issue, but recent escalations have drawn national and international attention. #ManipurCrisis #EthnicConflict