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With all eyes on Ukraine, a different conflict looms in Balkans

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While all eyes are on a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, another conflict is brewing in eastern Europe.

Experts say Bosnia-Herzegovina is in the midst of its worst crisis in more than 25 years, after leaders of the country’s Serb ethnic enclave have threatened to effectively secede from the country.

“The old problems and the old conflicts are resurfacing again,” said Aida Cerkez, a veteran Bosnian journalist who covered the bloody 1992-1995 war for The Associated Press.

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“All I see among people is fear, on all sides.”

Under the leadership of Milorad Dodik, the Serb member of Bosnia’s three-person presidency, politicians

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This story was originally published on  CBC News. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bosnia-herzegovina-potential-conflict-1.6334933?cmp=rss.

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