The Mau Mau movement remained internally divided , despite attempts to unify the factions .

Inter-ethnic clashes Hostile_encounter between the two broke out Process_start shortly after the parliament of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast ( NKAO ) in Azerbaijan voted Choosing to unify Cause_to_amalgamate the region with Armenia on 20 February 1988 .

The demand Request to unify with Armenia began Process_start in a relatively peaceful manner in 1988 ; in the following months , as the Soviet Union disintegrated Change , it gradually grew Expansion into an increasingly violent conflict Hostile_encounter between Armenians and Azerbaijanis , resulting in Causation claims Statement of ethnic cleansing by both sides .

In 1861 , conservative Gabriel Garcia Moreno ( 1821–75 ) became Becoming president of Ecuador and soon attempted to unify Cause_to_amalgamate his country , which was sharply divided by class , regional , and language differences , by handing over Giving much power to the Roman Catholic Church , which he considered to be the people 's chief social tie to achieving Achieve a sense of nationalism .