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Brigadier General Nyo Tun Aung, deputy chief of staff of the Arakan Army.  (internet)
April 25, 2017
The Arakan Army was established in April 2009, declaring its mission as safeguarding the Rakhine (Arakan) peoples right to self-determination, and...
April 24, 2017
The Myaing Gyi Ngu shelter for internally displaced persons has run out of all food except rice, leaving the 5,000 residents without enough to eat,...
April 21, 2017
The month of April hasn’t yet end, but quite a lot of important happening has already taken place, which might be crucial in shaping the political...
April 21, 2017
Adviser Aung Soe from the Government’s Peace Commission (PC) has told Mizzima that the Peace Commission would meet northern alliance, which fiercely...
A staffer of Thuriya Naywin (The Sun) journal, Wai Yan Heinn, 27, was found dead with stab wounds at office in Yangon on April 16 morning. He was believed to be killed a few days ago. Earlier this year, the publisher of the journal was arrested for reporting in the journal on business of Thura Shwe Mann's family in 2015. Credit - Wai Yan Heinn/Facebook
April 21, 2017
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) was shocked to learn that news weekly publisher Wai Yan Heinn was found stabbed to death in Rangoon on 16 April, and...
April 20, 2017
Some 300 local residents staged a demonstration in Muse Township on Tuesday to protest a plan by the Namkham-based Myoma People’s Militia to take...
April 19, 2017
A Myanmar publisher whose magazine has criticised the military, political and business establishment was found stabbed to death in his office at the...
Myanmar ethnic armed groups leaders attend a meeting at the headquarters of United Wa State Army (UWSA) in Pangsan of Myanmar's northern Shan State on May 1, 2015. Photo: AFP
April 18, 2017
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) will not attend the summit meeting of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) scheduled to be held in Pangkham, the general...
Coal mining site in Mong Kung Township
April 18, 2017
The Pyae Aung Hein and Hein Mitter coal-mining companies have both agreed to halt operations at their sites following a protest by some 4,000...
April 11, 2017
Housing plots will soon be provided to northern Maungdaw villagers whose homes were burned down last year, according to area residents.
April 11, 2017
The UN has called on Myanmar to immediately release Rohingya children who are being detained in Buthidaung prison.
April 11, 2017
Getting a diverse array of organizations to agree to anything is a challenge, but getting all ethnic armed groups on the same page about a ceasefire...