Lead Story News Rakhine Rohingya
Landmines ‘apparently targeting’ military convoys in Rakhine
State media says one person was injured when military trucks hit landmines in Burma’s troubled Rakhine State this week.
Lead Story News Rakhine Rohingya
State media says one person was injured when military trucks hit landmines in Burma’s troubled Rakhine State this week.
Conflict Karen Lead Story News
“We are currently clearing the area of landmines, but it is a challenge as they are scattered everywhere,” said BGF officer Naing Maung Zaw.
Conflict Feature Lead Story Military News
Across Burma, landmines pose a daily threat, but five years after the transition to democracy began, there is still no official clearance programme.
Lead Story News Politics Video
Local residents in Karenni State are demanding that the government begin clearing the landscape of landmines placed around Lawpita electricity towers.
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Conflict Kachin Lead Story News
Reports are emerging of food and water shortages at the mines, and accusations that Burmese soldiers forced the families to act as “human shields”.
As the men have little money to pay hospital fees, donations have been raised among the local Kachin community.
Acting on a tip-off from residents in Letphwekya Village, security forces uncovered the cache of weapons beside a riverbank.
International Relations Lead Story Military News Rohingya
The European Union deals a blow to what had been increasingly warm ties between the bloc and Burma’s military, saying it will suspend any invitations to the Tatmadaw’s top brass and “review all practical defence cooperation,” as well as maintaining an existing arms embargo.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Burma on Sunday rebuffed a ceasefire declared by Muslim Rohingya insurgents to enable the delivery of aid to thousands of displaced people in the violence-wracked state of Arakan, declaring simply that it did not negotiate with terrorists.
Burma will not allow those Rohingyas who have recently fled the country to return unless they can show proof of Burmese citizenship, said National Security Advisor Thaung Tun.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday blamed “terrorists” for “a huge iceberg of misinformation” on the violence in Arakan State but made no mention of the nearly 125,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled over the border to Bangladesh since 25 August.
“We have only rice for survival,” said Saw Swe Tun, the camp administrator.
Karen Lead Story News Refugees
Although the cessation of international aid had been projected 18 months ago, the KNU has appealed for international groups to continue funding until peace prevails in the region.
Karen Lead Story News Refugees
The concerns of ethnic Karen refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) were raised on Tuesday, World Refugee Day, over the lack of a clear plan for the return and reintegration of those going back to their homelands.
Karen Lead Story News Refugees
IDPs at E Htu Hta camp are calling for the withdrawal of Burmese military forces from the area, as well as a campaign to clear landmines.
The UN children’s agency (UNICEF) and Burma’s government reiterated their goal of spending $5.9 million this year on landmine risk education, victims’ assistance, capacity-building and other related projects as a ceremony was held yesterday to mark International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.
Conflict Lead Story News Tenasserim
“The mine-clearance talks began with a focus on areas in the vicinity of ethnic armed group outposts,” said the minister.
Conflict Karen Lead Story News
DKBA renegades detonated roadside explosives by remote control as the 118th Light Infantry Battalion was on patrol. The Karen rebels then ambushed them.
Conflict IDPs Kachin Lead Story Military News
A recent offensive by the Burmese military in Kachin State, seizing the Kachin Independence Army’s Gidon mountain outpost, has exacerbated the dire conditions for displaced people living in the area as northern Burma enters its coldest stretch of the year.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s government is named in an international report as one of the few nations to actively plant landmines over the past year.
Karen Lead Story News Travel & Tourism
Domestic tourists flock to the area for religious pilgrimages, but foreign visitors may enjoy trekking in the misty mountains and viewing the natural beauty.
A human rights group in Karen State is calling for the demilitarisation of former conflict areas to ensure that Burma’s ongoing peace process is “stable and long lasting”.
Conflict Karen Lead Story News
The DKBA renegade faction has denied reports that its leader, Col. Saw San Aung, had been killed in a clash with Burmese government forces.
Conflict Kachin Lead Story News
According to an international watchdog, Burma is the third-worst country in the world for landmine casualties.
Life in a refugee camp is never easy, but for many who have lived in Mae La Oon for much of their life, the thought of leaving brings anxieties of its own.