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February 29, 2020
A woman from Kyaung Taung village in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township died of a heart attack that her family says was caused by an artillery shell...
February 29, 2020
A Muslim man was killed when he stepped on a landmine on the afternoon of February 26 as he was taking his cattle to graze near the Nyaung Chaung...
February 27, 2020
Fighting between the Burma Army and Arakan Army broke out in northern Rakhine State’s Kyauktaw Township on Monday, with explosions being heard in...
February 27, 2020
Members of the Mon State government said that they would take action against illegal fishing in the state’s coastal areas, which they say is being...
February 27, 2020
Shops and houses were allegedly looted by security forces as the residents left Nga Tauk Tu Shay village (under Rathedaung township) and Kyein Kyaung...
Rakhine University Students hold placards during a protest against the internet shutdown in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Western Myanmar, 22 February 2020. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
February 27, 2020
Authorities in Myanmar have charged nine students with violating the country’s Peaceful Assembly Law after they staged a protest Sunday against the...
The wife of Myanmar's Arakan Army leader, Ms Hnin Zar Phyu, seen here with one of their children, had been detained in Thailand. Photo: RFA/YouTube
February 27, 2020
The wife and children of the commander the Arakan Army have been granted asylum in Switzerland after being detained in Thailand since December last...
Unregistered Homes Destroyed in Maw Sizar, Hpakant Landslide. Photo by Nawng Yoe
February 27, 2020
A landslide in a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin State on Tuesday claimed three huts built as part of an informal settlement in the area. The...
Photo - Aung Chay
February 27, 2020
Wun Tha — Toilets are urgently needed at the Mya Taung Monastery IDP camp in Buthidaung town of Arakan State, a camp official said. There are 276...
February 27, 2020
Khin Tharaphy Oo — A woman sustained gunshot injuries in Tin Ma village of Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, at about 9 a.m. on February 24, locals...
February 27, 2020
U Shay Peh from Law Ku-ku, Pruhso Township, says they are in demand of water donors as the villagers are encountering water shortage in this early...
February 27, 2020
The Burma Army’s Battalion 102 forced eight villages in Karenni State’s Demoso Township to provide them with wood and bamboo to fix a military camp...