Shan State Army-North and govt discuss troop clashes
According to the SSA-N, roughly seven Burmese army battalions entered the area and took positions across the town last week, causing locals to flee their homes in fear of renewed fighting.
120 Search results for ""Shan State Army-North""
500 flee homes in Namtu as Shan, Ta’ang armies clash
Most travelled by foot, carrying what possessions they could.
Wa, Mongla groups ‘accept’ nationwide ceasefire accord: govt peacemaker
A member of the government’s Peace Commission says the United Wa State Army and the National Democratic Alliance Army, the latter also known as the “Mongla group,” accept the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, an accord that the two influential ethnic armed groups had previously spurned.
SSA-North rejects encroachment accusations
The state government accuses the Shan army of contravening a state-level agreement outlining areas of control and prompting hostilities with Burmese troops.
RCSS says it seeks to become ‘one family’ with fellow Shan armed group
The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP) must one day unite under the same banner, according to the leader of the former, who said that such a merger was ultimately necessary given Burma’s current political situation.
Shan ethnic armed group bids UNFC farewell
A major member of the United Nationalities Federal Council, the Shan State Progressive Party, has submitted a resignation letter to the council, with the ethnic armed group on Sunday revealing its plans to leave the coalition.
Burmese journalists boycott UNFC conference
The move came after UNFC delegates refused to speak to journalists about the conference, and barred media from entering the meeting room.
Peace Commission, latest ethnic armed alliance expected to meet
The government Peace Commission is preparing to meet “soon” with members of a recently formed alliance of ethnic armed groups based largely in Burma’s north, an apparent signal that the new coalition is increasingly viewed as an important factor in the peace process calculus.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process
KIA official in explaining UNFC exit: ‘Things that can’t be said here’
The dwindling alliance of ethnic armed groups joined under the United Nationalities Federal Council banner convenes a conference in Thailand chaired by a leader of one of its former members, the influential Kachin Independence Army.
State counsellor to meet Wa-led coalition of ethnic armed groups
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will meet with seven allied ethnic armed groups that are not signatory to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on the sidelines of the ongoing 21st Century Panglong Conference in the capital on Friday, a government official has confirmed.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process
Panghsang allies say they will attend peace summit
A negotiating committee representing seven ethnic armed groups in northern Burma says it intends to attend next week’s Union Peace Conference in Naypyidaw, which is being organised by State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s government.
Conflict Lead Story News Peace Process
TNLA reports renewed clashes in N. Shan State
“We are seeing renewed fighting with the Tatmadaw in Namhkam, Kutkai and Namtu townships,” said the TNLA spokesperson.
TNLA accused of violence, abductions in Shan State village
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army has been accused of torture and the extrajudicial killing of a local villager in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme district last week.
SSA-N reports shelling, shooting of civilian
A local villager in central Shan state’s Monghsu Township was reported dead as the Burmese Army launched attack on the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) in the area on Wednesday, according[…]
Conflict Lead Story Natural resources News
Shan coal mine linked to army offensive, abuses: report
A new report alleges that a recent Burmese army offensive in Shan State was linked to coal-mining operations opposed by local people.
Landmine kills 1, injures 7 in Shan State
A landmine blast in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme District killed one person and injured seven others, local sources said on Thursday.
Lead Story News Peace Process Shan
300 Hsipaw IDPs returning home
“The IDPs are being repatriated as calm gradually returns to the area,” a Shan MP tells DVB.
Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News
Ta’ang groups call for unity after Shan protest
Two ethnic Ta’ang civil society organisations have voiced concerns about ethnic tensions with Shan communities following a protest in northern Shan State on the weekend.
Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News
Clashes continue in Burma’s north, as EU delegation visits
Fighting in Burma’s north intensified this week, even as a visiting EU delegation urged all parties to lay down their arms.
Burma Army accused of torturing Shan villagers
Sai Tun Win, an NLD MP in the Shan State parliament, said several local villagers in Kyaukme Township had been abducted and tortured by Burmese troops amid recent fighting in the region.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics
UNFC prepares for talks, as Burma army steps up pressure on SSA-North
As the ethnic alliance concludes talks aimed at negotiations with Burma’s new civilian government, one of its members is coming under renewed army pressure.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
Shan State battles rage in tandem with peace talks
As the second stage in Burma’s lurching peace process began with the Union Peace Conference in Naypyidaw on Tuesday, the absent Ta’ang National Liberation Army marked its 53rd Revolutionary Day with skirmishes against Burmese troops.
Defence chief invites rebels to join Burma army
The commander-in-chief of Burma’s armed forces has invited the country’s ethnic rebel fighters to join his ranks.
Peace summit begins without chief combatants or civil society
As soldiers, rebels and politicians gather for Burma’s Union Peace Conference, an alliance of over 600 civil society groups has labelled the event a sham.
Burmese army urges displaced Shan to return home
The Burmese military on Saturday urged civilians displaced by war in southern Shan State to return home. Over 1,000 people remain in a displacement camp near the town of Mongshu,[…]
Independence Day call to ‘turn the page’ from military legacy
Burma’s National League for Democracy party seized the occasion of the country’s 68th Independence Day on Monday to demand the continuation of a shift away from military rule.
US calls for inquiry into alleged military atrocities
The US on Thursday called for a credible, independent investigation by Burma’s government of reports of military atrocities in the country’s Shan State.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Video
Shan rebel capital now a ghost town
The headquarters for the Shan State Army-North are now deserted with thousands fleeing their homes amid fighting between government forces and rebel groups.
Shan monks injured by landmine
A Buddhist monk and a young novice were injured in a mine explosion in Mongnawng, Shan State, on Monday evening.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Refugees Shan
Schools bombed, women raped in ongoing Shan battles: rights groups
Shan rights groups have accusing the Burmese army of bombing schools, firing on civilians and raping women in the past two months.
