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Northern Ireland was the location for an extended armed conflict, known locally as ‘the Troubles’, which lasted from 1969 until the main paramilitary organisations declared ceasefires in 1994. This led to a protracted multi-party ‘peace process’, which resulted in a peace agreement, signed on Good Friday 1998, the creation of a range of new political and human rights institutions and eventually in 2007 the formation of a devolved government that included the four main political parties. The transition from a society enmeshed in a long-running violent conflict to a largely peaceful society has ensured that the Northern Ireland peace process is widely regarded as one of the major successes of recent peacebuilding activity and a model for other conflict transformation work.
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Sri Lanka has suffered 25 years of brutal conflict due to a secession movement in the north and an insurrection in the south. This violence has caused enormous suffering and killed over 60,000 people. Recent attempts to implement peace accords are precarious at best, and violence continues to undermine the drive for peace in Sri Lanka.
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The Colombian conflict is the only full-scale ongoing conflict in Latin America. It is a protracted conflict, which, despite its Cold War origins, has long outlived the Cold War. The conflict has actually intensified in the post-Cold War era. Furthermore, Colombia has a reputation for having one of the oldest, most stable democracies in Latin America with a good record on economic growth. The length of the conflict (up to 40 years or more, depending on how the start date is determined) reflects a global trend towards increasingly long wars. Other factors, such as the prominence in the Colombian conflict of natural resources (primarily oil) and illicit narcotics, have also been seen in other recent conflicts elsewhere in the world (for example, oil in Sudan and Angola; opium in Afghanistan).
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Sudan has suffered a number of armed conflicts since achieving independence in 1956, including the two wars between the North and the South and the ongoing conflict in Darfur. Conflict between the north and south of the country is driven by perceived imbalances in power and access to resources. Full implementation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) will provide for unification or secession, and it remains to be seen which of these options will bring lasting peace to Sudan.
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A decade of conflict between feudalism and democracy may soon be coming to a close in Nepal. Under-development, poverty, and repeated attacks on democracy by the monarchy created the conditions for conflict in Nepal. The challenge for the new peace process will be to adequately address all these grievances to ensure a lasting peace for Nepal.
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Since the 1998-99 war in Kosovo, this former-Yugoslav province has been under UN administration, although still technically part of Serbia. Its future constitutional status remains disputed, but in March 2007 UN Special Envoy on Kosovo Marti Ahtisaari proposed that Kosovo be "independent under international supervision".
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The very high economic stakes involved in control over natural resources are a key driver of conflict in the Niger Delta. Failures to deliver basic developmental needs have left the population polarised and disenfranchised, whilst corruption and violence are becoming accepted as valid means whereby to achieve political and social aims. The failure to address root causes is pushing the area towards sustained conflict.
