Conflict Crime Lead Story News
Man gunned down in Namkham
The man, who was believed to have ties to various political and armed group, was shot dead after attending a graduation ceremony for his daughter.
Conflict Crime Lead Story News
The man, who was believed to have ties to various political and armed group, was shot dead after attending a graduation ceremony for his daughter.
The state government accuses the Shan army of contravening a state-level agreement outlining areas of control and prompting hostilities with Burmese troops.
Skirmishes between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Tatmadaw in northern Shan State saw four civilians injured by artillery fire early Sunday morning, and potentially hundreds more flee out of fear for their safety.
Burmese government forces, Kachin, Shan and Palaung rebels all involved in armed clashes this week.
“An 80-year-old woman named Ya Lai was killed when a shell landed on her house,” says a TNLA spokesperson.
Fighting broke out on Sunday between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and government troops along a road linking the villages of Pansan and Pankyan, near the town of Kyaukme in northern Shan State.
Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News
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.
The Burmese army has launched assaults on Ta’ang rebel positions in Burma’s northeast in response to parliamentary calls for an intervention to end fighting between rebels that has displaced thousands.
Lead Story Migrants Issues News
Z. Brang Seng on leaving for America in 1955 and making it in the “nation of immigrants.”
A gunfight between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and a government-backed militia took place in northern Shan State late last week.
Two Burmese Army officers who oversaw the beating of a Shan State village chief and community leaders have been transferred out of the region.
The ashes of soldiers from the Chinese Expeditionary Forces were transported from Burma and reburied in China’s Yunnan Province.
Temporary border posts have been erected about half a mile from the farming hamlets of Sae Khon, Kongthar and Ban Nong in Namhkam Township, following talks between Burmese and Chinese officials last week.
Census Conflict Lead Story News
Fierce fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burmese government forces in Mansi Township has forced hundreds of Kachin IDPs and villagers to seek sanctuary in Namhkam and at the Burma-China border.
The United Nations humanitarian relief programme geared towards assisting those displaced by the Kachin conflict has so far raised only US$14.6 million of the US$50.9 million UN officials estimate is needed
A group of farmers from Shan state issued a public call on Friday demanding that Burma’s government remove sections of the Shwe gas pipeline built on their land
Activists in 20 countries hold coordinated protests at Shwe pipeline outside embassies of China, Burma, India and South Korea
Burmese authorities offer compensation for Shan villagers forced off their land to make way for the China-backed Shwe gas pipeline
Suspect targets home in Kachin capital of Myitkyina three days after a deadly blast hits a police station in northern Shan state
Daily fluctuations in water level further south along Shweli river distrupting trade and transport for 20 villages in Shan state