I read last weekend that US Special forces are in Nepal; also India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives. Can only wonder what they're up to. Operating that close to China's border seems risky... so I decided to read up on this Indo-Chinese nation I know very little about.
Communist government... civil war... ahh tis becoming clearer...
One to watch, I think. Lead link is a handy timeline of events.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/np.html
15 January 2007 (interim Constitution); note - in April 2008, a Constituent Assembly was elected as an interim parliament to draft and promulgate a new constitution by May 2010; the deadline has been extended four times, most recently until May 2012.
chief of state: President Ram Baran YADAV (since 23 July 2008); Vice President Paramananda JHA (since 23 July 2008)
head of government: Prime Minister Baburam BHATTARAI (since 29 August 2011); Deputy Prime Ministers Bijay Kumar GACHCHADAR (since 29 August 2011) and Narayan Kaji SHRESTHA
cabinet: cabinet was formed in August-September 2011 by a majority coalition made up of the United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist, Madhesi People's Rights Forum-Democratic, Madhesi People's Rights Forum-Republic, Madhesi People's Rights Forum-Nepal, Terai-Madhes Democratic Party, and several smaller parties
(For more information visit the World Leaders website )
elections: president elected by Parliament; term extends until the new constitution is promulgated; election last held on 21 July 2008; date of next election NA
election results: Ram Baran YADAV elected president by the Constituent Assembly in a second round of voting on 21 July 2008; Ram Baran YADAV 308, Ram Jaja Prasad SINGH 282
other: several small armed Madhesi groups along the southern border with India; a variety of groups advocating regional autonomy for individual ethnic groups
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal
Republic
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) won the largest number of seats in the Constituent Assembly election held on 10 April 2008, and formed a coalition government which included most of the parties in the CA. Although acts of violence occurred during the pre-electoral period, election observers noted that the elections themselves were markedly peaceful and "well-carried out".[28]
The newly elected Assembly met in Kathmandu on 28 May 2008, and, after a polling of 564 constituent Assembly members, 560 voted to form a new government,[27][29] with the monarchist Rastriya Prajatantra Party, which had four members in the assembly, registering a dissenting note. At that point, it was declared that Nepal had become a secular and inclusive democratic republic,[30] with the government announcing a three-day public holiday from 28 to 30 May. The King was thereafter given 15 days to vacate the Narayanhiti Royal Palace, to re-open it as a public museum.
Nonetheless, political tensions and consequent power-sharing battles have continued in Nepal. In May 2009, the Maoist-led government was toppled and another coalition government with all major political parties barring the Maoists was formed. Madhav Kumar Nepal of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) was made the Prime Minister of the coalition government.
http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12511455
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/nepal.accord/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17016093
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Nepal_relations
http://www.ekantipur.com/en/
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