The country has a history of ethnic tension and intolerance, the most recent being the armed conflict of 2001 between Macedonian national security forces and ethnic Albanian insurgents. 
Nchi hiyo ina historia ya misuguano ya kiubaguzi na kutokuvumilia, ya hivi karibuni kabisa ikiwa ni mgogoro uliotumia silaha wa mwaka 2001 kati ya vikosi vya usalama vya Masedonia na waasi wenye asili ya Albania.