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May 30, 2019
The Rakhine Women’s Union (RWU) is concerned for the security of women in IDP camps where over 40,000 people are taking shelter due to clashes in...
May 29, 2019
The new office aims to promote ethnic unity and equal rights for Shan people in Kachin State. The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD),...
May 29, 2019
On May 24, the National Reconciliation Peace Center (NRPC) and Kachin Humanitarian Concern Committee (KHCC) met for the second time in Kachin state...
May 29, 2019
Two civilians – an elderly man and a small child – were injured in Chin State’s Paletwa Township yesterday in the latest clashes between Burmese...
May 29, 2019
Border trade between the town of Rihkhawdar in Chin State and Aizawl in India’s Mizoram State has returned to normal after a trading association in...
May 29, 2019
More than 20,000 people in Sagaing Region’s Kalay Township are facing a severe water shortage as local wells remain dry after more than a month of...
Arakan Army soldiers. Photo: Arakan Army News and Information Service
May 29, 2019
Echoing the concerns of UN organisations regarding the escalation of violence and civilian casualties in Rakhine State, UNICEF (United Nations...
May 29, 2019
Maungdaw township authorities last week forbade displaced Rohingya villagers from resettling back in their original village of Bakaguna, Bakargonenah...
May 29, 2019
Displaced Mro ethnic, who are temporary sheltering in Kayuk Taw camps, and local IDPs from War Daung and Kan Zauk are now disappointed with the...
May 29, 2019
The Arakan Front Party (AFP) will progress along a nationalist path at the pace that Dr Aye Maung sees appropriate because it is a political party...
May 29, 2019
Shan refugee and internally displaced people’s [IDP] camps on the Thai-Burma border are facing difficulties securing food and guaranteeing the...
May 29, 2019
Residents of Chin State’s Paletwa Township are struggling to meet their basic food needs as Burma’s government army, the Tatmadaw, tightens its...