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August 19, 2015
Floods have receded in many disaster-hit parts of Myanmar in the past week, while large areas remain inundated. But officials and aid workers warn...
August 19, 2015
In response to flooding in Myanmar, MSF has sent teams to the heavily affected Sagaing region the organisation said in a statement posted on its...
August 19, 2015
Until his downfall in 2004, Khin Nyunt had been head of military intelligence as well as holding various other posts. He was a brutal man, Myanmar’s...
August 18, 2015
Burma’s Border Guard Police (BGP) arrested three Rohingya villagers in Maungdaw North, Arakan State and accused them of having Bangladeshi mobile...
August 18, 2015
Central committee members of the Mon National Party (MNP) and the All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP) have resigned from their posts because they...
August 17, 2015
Mon residents in Ye Township have decided to establish a support group to maximise the number of ethnic Mon representatives in the Hluttaw (...
August 17, 2015
The government negotiator U Aung Min urged representatives from the United Wa State Party/Army (UWSP/UWSA) to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement...
August 17, 2015
The Karen National Union has decided to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement even if not all groups are included a statement from the organisation...
August 17, 2015
Myanmar authorities should immediately stop using abusive laws on association and expression to halt the activities of land rights activists, Human...
August 17, 2015
The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has called a hastily arranged leadership meeting on Monday to prepare for a showdown with their...
August 17, 2015
In an exclusive interview with Mizzima, Thura U Shwe Mann’s son, U Toe Naing Mann, walks us through the recent turmoil in the Union Solidarity and...
August 17, 2015
The Shan Human Rights Foundation has expressed concern about the danger posed by Myanmar military shelling that they claim targeted the Shan State...