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March 29, 2014
| Mizzima
The United Nations Population Fund has responded to reports that riots this week in the Rakhine State capital, Sittwe, were linked to tensions over...
March 29, 2014
| Mizzima
A ceasefire agreement between the government and armed ethnic groups must take priority over political dialogue between the two sides, Armed Forces...
March 29, 2014
| Narinjara
The firing incident of Sittwe on 27 March evening has clamed the first victim today. A teenage girl named Ma Nee Ma fell prey to the incident in the...
March 29, 2014
| Narinjara
The Sittwe police fired several bullets into the air to disperse a crowd of local residents on Wednesday evening who demonstrated against a foreign...
March 29, 2014
| Narinjara
The first central committee meeting of new found Arakan National Party (ANP) was completed on Wednesday in Sittwe with some major resolutions.
March 28, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Mobs attacked the offices and staff homes of international aid groups in Sittwe causing the government to reinstate the Emergency Act 144 imposing a...
March 28, 2014
| Mizzima
An 11-year-old girl was accidentally killed when security forces fired warning shots to disperse mobs targeting international aid groups in Rakhine...
March 28, 2014
| KIC
Kayah civil society organizations plan to run a landmine education awareness campaign in Kayah (Karenni) State using grants awarded by the US Embassy...
March 28, 2014
| Mizzima
The Rakhine State Government has declared an emergency in Sittwe after crowds attacked offices of global relief agency, Malteser International, U Oo...
March 28, 2014
| Mizzima
Parliamentary Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann has backed a suggestion by National League for Democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for a high-level...
March 28, 2014
| Mizzima
About 1,000 demonstrators staged a noisy protest outside the Bangladesh embassy in Yangon on March 26 to condemn a commentary in a Dhaka newspaper...
March 28, 2014
| S.H.A.N
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) known as ‘Tiger Head’ held its annual meeting from March 24 to 26, in the Shan State capital...
March 27, 2014
| S.H.A.N
The signing of the planned Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) should not be taken for granted as the armed resistance movements (ARMs) acceptance...
March 27, 2014
| IMNA
The Myanmar Journalist Institute (MJI), the country’s first independent journalism school, will be up and running by the middle of this year,...
March 27, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Residents feeling nervous after a string of suspected arson attacks on Rohingya villages around Maungdaw are keeping close watch on any strangers...