September 2016
KNU, NMSP Troops Clash in Tenasserim
By NAW NOREEN / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 9, 2016 The Karen National Union (KNU) and the New Mon State Party (NMSP) clashed in Tenasserim’s Yebyu Township on Thursday in the first clash between [...]
Burma Army Seizes Medicines Meant for IDPs
Burma News International (BNI) | September 8, 2016 The Burma Army stopped a Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) vehicle transporting medicine to internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Eastern Kachin State near the Chinese border and [...]
Latest Burma Army Attack on Strategic SSPP/SSA Mountain Base Stokes Fears of Major War Escalation
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | September 8, 2016 SHRF strongly condemns the recent Burma Army attack on a strategic mountain base of the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) in Tangyan township, causing about [...]
Union Ethnic Affairs Minister Calls for Nationwide Ceasefire and Political Dialogue
Burma News International (BNI) | September 7, 2016 The Union Minister of Ethnic Affairs, Nai Thet Lwin, said the Burmese military and ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) should sign an immediate ceasefire and continue political dialogue [...]
Ethnic Leader Says Now Is Not the Time to Lay down Arms
By Saw Thein Mint / Karen News | September 7, 2016 Ethnic leaders have warned that now is not the time to give up arms, in reaction to a speech calling for disarmament by the Burmese [...]
Karen State Fighting Escalates
By S'Phan Shaung / Karen News | September 7, 2016 Armed clashes broke out in Karen State between splinter Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) forces and government backed militia. The fighting started in central Karen State on [...]
Military at Peace Conference Not Engaging with Media
Burma News International (BNI) | September 6, 2016 Representatives for the media covering the Union Peace Conference (also known as the 21st Century Panglong Conference) have criticised the Burmese military for not making its views clear [...]
Uncertainty of NCA Leaves 10,000 in Limbo: SNLD Member
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | September 6, 2016 At least 10,000 people cannot go back to their homes due to the uncertain climate caused by the so-called Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), according a leading [...]
UNFC Continues Tripartite Talks Policy to Secure NCA
By Min Thu Tha / Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA) | September 5, 2016 The United Nationalities Federation Council (UNFC) continues to stick to with the policy for tripartite talks in order to ink a nationwide [...]
SSPP/SSA Worried Govt Troop Reinforcement Will Exacerbate Conflict
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | September 5, 2016 The Burmese military continues to reinforce its troop strength in SSPP/SSA territory, despite calls to seek an end to the conflict by the ethnic armed group [...]