Mizzima | October 19, 2016 The government has agreed to four out of eight points demanded by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) and accepted the remaining four points inprinciple and as a result, the Delegation for Political Negotiation [...]
Kachinland News | October 19, 2016 KIA sources said Burmese army troops fired KIA outposts almost daily with artillery and mortar fires. A civilian source who is in the area confirmed that he can continuously hear the sound of [...]
By Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | October 14, 2016 The Delegation for Political Negotiation is meeting in Nay Pyi Taw tomorrow with the government’s peace commission, a member of the commission said yesterday. The DPN is a negotiating body [...]
By Joe Kumbun / Mizzima | October 13, 2016 As we move towards the end of the year, civil war continues to rage across the country especially in Kachin State. Numerous negotiations have taken places but to date, no quantifiable [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | October 13, 2016 Clashes between armed assailants and Myanmar security forces in Rakhine state’s volatile Maungdaw township on Thursday forced about 180 villagers, teachers and civil servants to flee and seek refuge in neighboring [...]
Press release by Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) | October 11, 2016 Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) expresses its serious concern on the ongoing police and military crackdowns on innocent Rohingya civilians in Maungdaw Township following attacks by unidentified [...]
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | October 12, 2016 Burma Army provokes fighting with Shan NCA signatory, shells civilian areas, displacing 2,000 in Mong Kung SHRF condemns the Burma Army’s provocation of fighting with the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan [...]
Briefing by Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Centre (ENAC) | October 12, 2016 The Burma Army, also known as Tatmadaw, has escalated its military offensives against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) with air strikes, artillery, and ground forces. Residents in Kachin State [...]
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 12, 2016 Around 90 residents of the Nu Po refugee camp in western Thailand have signed up for official repatriation to Burma. Saw Waw Keh, the chairman of Nu Po Refugee [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 11, 2016 On the heels of the massive anti-war demonstration in Myitkyina, involving thousands of demonstrators, United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) issued a seven point statement on [...]