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Rakhine ethnic people repair a road at the Rakhine ethnic Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Min Gan quarter, Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 25 August 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
September 7, 2016
The Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) says it is concerned about cuts to IDP food aid by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in parts of...
Attendees observe during the Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 31 August 2016. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
September 5, 2016
A Framework for Political Dialogue (FPD) is set to be concluded before the second round of the 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference,...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C-R) speaks during the Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 31 August 2016. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
September 2, 2016
At a press conference held at Naypyitaw yesterday, the joint organising committee of 21st Panglong Conference said that they were told by the State...
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing speaks during the opening conference of Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong in Naypyitaw on 31 August 2016. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
September 1, 2016
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said that clinging to armed struggle was contrary to democracy at a time when wishes and wants can be attained by...
The opening conference of Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong in Naypyitaw on 31 August 2016. Photo: Nay Thar/Mizzima
September 1, 2016
Peace talks between Myanmar's government and warring ethnic minorities started today in a bid to end decades of conflict that have claimed thousands...
Lower house Pauktaw constituency MP, Aung Kyaw Zan. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
August 31, 2016
A House of Representatives MP from Rakhine State introduced an urgent motion on August 30 requesting that non-Myanmar experts on the Arakan State...
August 31, 2016
United Nations Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-Moon during his working visit to Myanmar paid a courtesy call on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the State...
Photo: Theingi Tun/Mizzima
August 30, 2016
A joint organizing committee for the Union Peace Conference—21st Century Panglong met at Thingaha Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday, state media...
Lt-Gen Mya Tun Oo talks to media at a press conference in Yangon, Myanmar on 20 July 2016.
August 29, 2016
Myanmar's army chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has reshuffled top posts in the army, Reuters reported on 26 August. The reshuffle saw the...
Khaing Myo Htun. Photo: Earth Rights International
August 27, 2016
A Myanmar court denied bail to human rights activist Khaing Myo Htun on 25 August. Earth Rights International (ERI) said in a statement that it...
August 25, 2016
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the private sector have launched the first working group for Myanmar’s hydropower sector, according to a...
NSCN-K. Photo: Burma Link
August 22, 2016
The Myanmar military has denied there was a recent exchange of gunfire on Myanmar soil between the Indian army and an ethnic armed group, state media...