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July 23, 2019
Ethnic Chin people living in Chin State and Sagaing Region’s Kalay Township have come to the aid of internally displaced persons (IDPs) forced to...
July 23, 2019
More than 4000 people from about five villages have been displaced home from their homes when the Navy ships retaliated to the AA’s attack in...
Thousands gather in downtown Yangon on Wednesday morning to show their support for the Charter Amendment Committee’s report. / Aung Kyaw Htet / The Irrawaddy
July 23, 2019
Following the July 15, 45-member constitutional reform committee submission to the Union Parliament, in a report which includes over 3,700...
July 23, 2019
Recent floods in Mrauk-U Township affected Tin Nyo IDP camp and refugees are suffering harsh living conditions. They need food, proper shelter and...
July 23, 2019
Most of the internally displaced persons who have been taking shelter in refugee camps are women that have little security. IDP camps are located in...
July 23, 2019
More than 30 people are taking shelter in relatives’ homes in Kyauk Phyu and Ann townships because of fighting between the Tatmadaw and the AA...
July 23, 2019
A decision by the US State Department last week to impose new sanctions on four of Burma’s top generals will hurt them without harming the rest of...
July 23, 2019
Rakhine State legislative assembly deputy speaker and legislator from Myebon constituency Mya Than has told Mizzima that fighting between Arakan Army...
Members of Yangon Free Funeral Service Society (FFSS) wearing protective clothes carry the coffin of a person who has died from influenza A (H1N1) arrives at a cemetery in Yangon, Myanmar, 22 June 2019. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
July 23, 2019
The Ministry of Health and Sports issued press statement saying the H1N1 virus has killed 65 from January 2019 to July 21, 2019. During this six-...
July 23, 2019
A Rohingya-based extortion syndicate in Malaysia has been channelling thousands of dollars to fund Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) terrorists...
July 22, 2019
To reduce the risks of land mine and dangerous explosive remnants of war (ERWs), a course opened in Sittwe to raise public awareness on landmine risk...
July 22, 2019
The Arakan State Students’ Union demanded to stop wrongfully arrests and torture of students and civilians in their eleven-point statement released...