Since the early 1990s, the legitimatization of the principle of national self-determination has led to an increase in the number of conflicts within states, as sub-groups seek greater self-determination and even full secession, and as their conflicts for leadership within groups and with other groups and with the dominant state become violent.

Since 2010, there has been some speculation and discussion, at least on the ground level, about the possibility of secession from the Federation of Malaysia.

Since Taiwan's sovereignty belongs to China, the PRC's government and supporters mantain that the secession of Taiwan should be agreed upon by the 1. 3 billion Chinese citizens instead of just the 23 million ROC citizens who currently live in Taiwan.

Since 1991 Lega Nord, a federation of Northern regionalist parties ( notably including Lega Lombarda and Liga Veneta ), has promoted either secession or larger autonomy for Padania, proposing also a flag and a national anthem.

Since the late nineteenth century, the South used a colloquial term, the one-drop rule, to classify as black a person of any known African ancestry.

Since the 1989 coup and subsequent expulsion of South African-financed mercenaries, Comoros likewise turned away from South Africa and toward France for assistance with its security needs.

Since then McLean has performed tours of the UK ( 2007, 2008 ( one appearance ), 2010, 2011 ), Ireland ( 2007, 2010, 2011 ), mainland Europe ( 2008, 2010 ), Australia and New Zealand ( 2008, 2011 ) and South East Asia ( 2011 ).

Since independence, Fiji has been a leader in the South Pacific region, and has played a leading role in the formation of the South Pacific Forum.

Since 1946, the governor has also always been made the Chief Scout of New South Wales.

Since 1927 South Australia has permitted majority verdicts of 11: 1, and 10: 1 or 9: 1 where the jury has been reduced, in criminal trials if a unanimous verdict cannot be reached in four hours.

Since 1974 the Kockums Crane had been a landmark in Malmö and a symbol of the city's manufacturing industry, but in 2002 it was disassembled and moved to South Korea.

Since South Africa and Malawi had their first democratic elections in 1994, Malawi and South Africa have enhanced relations.

Since the 2010 South Australian State election, the Nationals in South Australia have no representative in either the House of Assembly or the Upper House or at a Federal level.

Since 2004, the team's home has been Citizens Bank Park in the South Philadelphia section of the city.

Since the time of Cato, basic pasta dough has been made mostly of wheat flour or semolina, with durum wheat used predominantely in the South of Italy and soft wheat in the North.

Since the independence of India from British rule, the British fantasy of an " Aryan Invasion and subjugation of the dark skinned Dravidians in India " has become a staple polemic in South Asian geopolitics, including the propaganda of Indophobia in Pakistan.

Since its inception, South Korea has seen substantial development in education, economy, and culture.

Since then, South Korea has advanced into a developed economy to eventually attain a GDP per capita of $ 30, 000 in 2010, almost thirteen times the figure thirty years ago.

Since the 1980s, South Korea, now in possession of more modern military technology than in previous generations, has actively began shifting its defense industry's areas of interest more from its previously homeland defense-oriented militarization efforts, to the promotion of military equipments and technology as mainstream products of exportation to boost its international trade.

Since the end of apartheid in the 1990s the African National Congress ( ANC ) has dominated South Africa's politics.

Since 1840, South Holland has ceded three municipalities to the province of Utrecht: Oudewater in 1970, Woerden in 1989, and Vianen in 2002.

Since 1931, over a dozen new Commonwealth realms have been created, all of which now hold the same powers as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand over matters of change to the Monarchy ( Ireland and South Africa are now republics, and Newfoundland is part of Canada ).

Since 1997, the South African national anthem has been a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn Nkosi Sikelel ' iAfrika ( God Bless Africa ) and the former anthem Die Stem van Suid-Afrika ( The Call of South Africa ).

Since then, Sudan has accused Eritrea, along with Chad, of supporting rebels.

Since its independence in 1956, the history of Sudan has been plagued by internal conflict, viz.

Since March 2002 UPDF has been granted permission to carry out operating against LRA bases across the border in the Sudan, and these raids, collectively known as Operation Iron Fist, have resulted in the repatriation of many abducted children being held by the rebels as child soldiers or sex slaves.

Since federalism was not favoured by the African countries, he decided to form, along with Modibo Keita, the Mali Federation with former French Sudan ( present day Mali ).

Since 2009, McFarlane has been working in the southern region of Sudan and Darfur on intertribal relations and development projects.

Since the 1970s, the Darfur area has suffered some of the effects of the northern Arab war prosecuted in the south against Southern tribes who wanted to secede from the Sudan.

Since being elected to Congress, Smith has also played a key role over the years promoting human rights reforms in the former Soviet Union, Romania, Vietnam, China, Sudan, Cuba, and elsewhere.

Since then, Sudan has used numeric code < tt > 729 </ tt >, while keeping the same alphabetic codes.

Since the British claim to control in Sudan theoretically depended upon Egyptian sovereignty, the revolutionaries calculated that this tactic would leave the UK with no option but to withdraw.

Since at least the 17th century, central governments have attempted to regulate and exploit the undeveloped southern and inland Sudan.

Since 1993, the leaders of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya have pursued a peace initiative for Sudan under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development ( IGAD ), but results have been mixed.

Since the outbreak of the Darfur conflict in 2004 between the government of Omar al-Bashir and rebel groups such as the Sudan People's Liberation Army ( SPLA ), Sudanese Liberation Army ( SLA ) and the Justice and Equality Movement ( JEM ), the NCP has been almost universally criticised for allegedly, however not officially, supporting Arab militias such as the Janjaweed through a campaign of murder, rape and deportation against the local population.

Since the 1960s, the Sisters of Charity have expanded work in social services and outreach, and operate missions in South America and the Sudan.

Since 1988, eight countries have been suspended or terminated from the GSP program: Burma, Liberia, Maldives, Mauritania, Nicaragua, Pakistan ( several products ), Sudan and Syria.

Since that date, the University of Khartoum has been recognized as a top university and a high-ranked academic institution in Sudan and Africa.

Since the independence of Sudan, highly qualified Sudanese were appointed to the position of University of Khartoum vice chancellor.

Since 1998 UCA have been used to fulfil UN programmes in Yugoslavia ( Kosovo ) and Africa ( Sierra Leone, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo ) to deliver relief cargo, transport peacekeeping troops and evacuate refugees.

Since December 2008 he has been serving as the Director of the Regional Cairo Centre for International Commercial Arbitration and as a counsel of the Sudanese government in the " Abyei Boundary " Arbitration between the Government of Sudan and the Sudanese People's Revolutionary Movement.

Since finishing the final design of the Universal Nut Sheller, The Full Belly Project has distributed machines in The Bahamas, Uganda, Liberia, Côte d ' Ivoire, Ghana, Gambia, Zambia, the Philippines, Haiti, Guyana, India, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Guatemala, Tajikistan, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.

Since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the SPLM and the government of Sudan, the party's position has shifted towards a more mediatory role attempting to re-align the old and new opposition parties in a comprehensive stance to tackle the broader Sudanese issues such as unity, elections and transition into democracy avoiding polarisation which it views as damaging to the long term interests of the country.