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January 15, 2016
A Rohingya fisherman was shot dead by Burmese Border Guard Police (BGP) while he was fishing on the Naff River at about 9.30pm on 10 January, said...
Conference of ethnic armed organizations in Laiza, Kachin State (Photo: Internet)
January 15, 2016
Ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) that did not sign last year’s nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) will not participate in the Union Peace...
January 15, 2016
Myanmar’s Union Peace Conference (UPC) kicked off on 12 January 2016 in Naypyitaw, ahead of the first round of formal national-level political...
General Thein Sein presiding over the National Convention, 2004-2007 (Photo: AFP)
January 14, 2016
Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) non-signatories, who have been designated as ‘special invitees,’ will be permitted to address the first Union...
January 14, 2016
The fifth annual meeting of the Chin Media Network will be held in Tiddim Town from 20-22 January.
January 13, 2016
Salai Kyaw Moe — The following interviews are with representatives from two ethnic Chin political parties on the future of Chin state in the wake of...
January 12, 2016
Monitoring the ceasefire for three years will cost about $21 million USD according to the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) made up of representatives...
January 11, 2016
Cases of pneumonia and fever have been rising in Maungdaw South since colder weather arrived on 1 January, according to Mohin a Rohingya from the...
January 11, 2016
Two rice mills and their attached storehouses burned down at around 1:00 am on the morning of 7 January in Tha Ya Nar Village in Kyaikmayaw Township...
January 11, 2016
Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) party leaders have decided not to attend Burma's national political dialogue due to start on 12...
January 11, 2016
Bangladeshi authorities have banned Burmese Rohingyas who want to attend the Muslim Bishwa Ijtema festival in Bangladesh from entering the country...
January 11, 2016
Salai Kyaw Moe Tun — An interim committee tasked with the goal of creating cooperation among ethnic Chin parties was formed last month during a...