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March 31, 2022
More than 1,000 refugees of Ann township in Rakhine State have been repatriated to their original villages on 29 March. The IDPs had agreed to return...
All IDP and refugee numbers for this article were taken from UNHCR.
March 31, 2022
For many years prior to the coup Myanmar Army activities in ethnic areas had caused people to flee their homes, but since the coup this has been...
March 31, 2022
Parents in Arakan State are urging authorities to guarantee the electricity supply from dusk to dawn as students prepare to sit the matriculation...
March 30, 2022
The international tourism development plan being prepared by the junta to reopen in April will not succeed, the tour guides said. The coup council is...
March 30, 2022
In Mon State, brickmakers are suffering losses due to the suspension of construction projects dating back to February 2021. Demand for bricks has...
March 30, 2022
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) defied a formal order from the military junta-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC) inviting...
This handout from Karen Medical Information received on May 7, 2021 shows a medical staff member talking to internally displaced people in Karen State, following air strikes in the area by the Myanmar military after the February 1 coup. Photo: KAREN MEDICAL INFORMATION/AFP
March 30, 2022
There were three airstrikes in Karen State’s Mutraw and Dooplaya Districts on Myanmar Armed Forces Day, 27 March, according to the International...
March 30, 2022
The regime’s armed forces have arrested several small-scale gold prospectors along the Irrawaddy River, rather than large companies using heavy...
March 30, 2022
In Mon State, it is increasingly difficult to get medical supplies and access to healthcare support for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) patients...
March 30, 2022
A massive military offensive launched by the military council is intended to split KNU and PDF, KNU spokesman Pado Saw Taw Ni said. In addition to...
March 30, 2022
Nearly a thousand people are in need of food after fighting in Muse District in northern Shan State forced them to flee their villages at short...
March 30, 2022
Why has there been an uptick in violence in Shan State? And might there be a glimmer of peace at the end of the tunnel? These are questions of vital...