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October 31, 2012
| Mizzima
Although the figures are likely to increase, as of Sunday 28,000 people have been displaced and up to 86 people killed, according to the latest...
October 31, 2012
| Phophtaw
The United Nationalities Federation Council (UNFC) has asked the Japanese government to be part of the peace negotiations between the Burmese...
October 29, 2012
| KIC
Karen people are relieved that the Karen National Union have found after intense discussion peaceful solutions to resolve the organisations internal...
October 29, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Tripartite Agreement reached in Tachilek (Unofficial translation) (28 October 2012) Government, UNODC and RCSS will undertake survey in Mongnai and...
October 29, 2012
| Mizzima
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Burmese government have agreed on a new Interim Country Partnership Strategy that sets the stage for ADB’s...
October 29, 2012
| Narinjara
Arakanese boatmen have been killed and injured after the Myanmar military opened fire on a boat around 4 pm, on Oct. 25 in the Kaladan River near...
October 29, 2012
| KNG
Speaking at a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday, Tomás Ojea Quintana, the special rapporteur for human...
October 29, 2012
| Mizzima
The Burmese government has said up to 86 people have died, 22,500 people have been displaced from their homes and over 4,600 houses have been burnt...
October 29, 2012
| KIC
The Karen Nation Union’s Central Standing Committee released a statement following its emergency meeting held on October 25-26th that it had...
October 29, 2012
| Mizzima
By 2015, children in Burma can be born free of HIV and their mothers can remain healthy to raise them, according to Burma’s minister of health.
October 29, 2012
| KIC
Villagers living in the area of the Dawei deep-sea port, part of a mega development project worth USD$60 billion that is planned for southern Burma,...
October 29, 2012
| Mizzima
Humanitarian aid from Turkey arrived in Burma last week victims of sectarian violence in Rakhine State.
October 29, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma’s government urgently needs to provide security and aid for the Rohingya Rohingyas and Arakanese in the Rakhine state, Human Rights Watch (HRW...
October 27, 2012
| Khonumthung
Thang Tlang, Chin State: Police are still on the lookout for suspects who broke into six shops on Oct.19, in Thang Tlang Town. All of the shops were...
October 27, 2012
| Narinjara
Arakan State, Burma: Tens of thousands of villagers have fled their homes after the recent sectarian violence that started on Oct.23, in Mrauk-U and...