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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Myanmar Foreign Minister and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi at BRICS-BIMSTEC summit 2016 on the sidelines of the 8th BRICS summit in Goa, India, 16 October 2016. Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office
October 20, 2016
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s State Counsellor, has asked for countries in the region to understand the complexities of the issue surrounding problems...
Hafiz Mohammed Syed (LeT, Pakistan) sharing the dais with Abdul Qudus Burmi (HuJI, Arakan) and other Rohingya leaders
October 19, 2016
Myanmar President Htin Kyaw's statement blaming a little-known Rohingya militant group “Aqa Mul Mujahideen” for the recent attacks on Myanmar border...
Myanmar Satellite Forum
October 19, 2016
The challenges posed by evolving broadcast and data services are among the topics due to be discussed by more than 20 satellite industry experts as...
The burnt down area after attackers leave Wa Beik village near Maungdaw town of Bangladesh-Myanmar border, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 13 October 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
October 18, 2016
The Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement on the current situation in Rakhine State the following is the text in full.
October 18, 2016
A ceremony was held at Park Royal Hotel in Yangon at 2 pm on October 16 cementing a deal between the Burmese language service of Voice of America (...
Myanmar's State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders hold a joint press conference after their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw on12 October 2016. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
October 14, 2016
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said no accusations will be made at the present time about the recent armed attacks in Rakhine State because...
Photo: Raymond Pagnucco
October 13, 2016
Last week Myanmar media and Facebook were ablaze with reports of clashes between the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and National Democratic Alliance...
KIA soldiers training class. Photo: Mizzima
October 13, 2016
The Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, is deeply concerned at the escalation of tensions and resumed fighting...
Fear voiced for those caught up in the fighting - IDP Camp in Kachin State. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
October 7, 2016
The Kachin National Organisation is calling on the United Nations to investigate what it terms ‘crimes against humanity’ in Kachin State.
Refugees in Myaing Gyi Ngu. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
September 26, 2016
In response to displacements following recent armed clashes in Kayin State, around 4000 people who took refuge in Myaing Gyi Ngu have received urgent...
A landslide in July 2015 on Kalay-Falam-Haka Road, disrupted transport in Falam Township and surrounding areas. Photo: Bik Lian
September 26, 2016
France has allocated € 1.4 M to improve food security in Rakhine and Kachin States and to contribute rebuilding livelihoods in Chin State in 2016,...
A Muslim woman walks by in front of the local mosque in the Aung Mingalar quarter in Sittwe, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
September 26, 2016
A total of 11 Rohingya organizations have called on the Rakhine State government not to destroy mosques, Muslim schools, and Rohingya houses that the...