And often this problem is further complicated by issues of tribal rivalries and ethnic problems between various areas.
Chief Inspector Leroy Logan, chairman of the BPA, said the appointment was good news but did not mean problems for ethnic minority police officers had gone away.
Attempts to form a national army have been hampered by a lack of non-partisan army volunteers and problems with convincing the different ethnic factions about how much representation they should have in the army.
In his principal address, Professor Devetak said that problems of co-operation and development in the Mediterranean are intermingled with religious fundamentalism and cultural misperceptions: "ethnic or religious connotation is given to problems that have nothing to do with ethnicity or religion".
Attempts to form a national army have been hampered by a lack of non-partisan army volunteers and problems with convincing Afghanistan's different ethnic factions on how much representation they should have in the army.
Other problems reflect deep-seated religious and ethnic antagonisms.
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Catholicism is also a strong cultural influence in Africa's continuing search for answers to the challenges of poverty, diseases, ethnic and religious conflicts, wars, political and economic problems, radical Islamic fundamentalism, and how to mitigate the effects of climate change and natural disasters.
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