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    107 Search results for "landmines"

    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.

    Conflict Karen Lead Story News

    Karen IDPs ‘not safe to go home yet’ due to landmines

    “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

    The hidden menace of landmines continues to haunt Burma’s conflict zones

    Across Burma, landmines pose a daily threat, but five years after the transition to democracy began, there is still no official clearance programme.

    In eastern Burma, landmines remain an invisible curse to farmers video

    Lead Story News Politics Video

    In eastern Burma, landmines remain an invisible curse to farmers

    Local residents in Karenni State are demanding that the government begin clearing the landscape of landmines placed around Lawpita electricity towers.

    Landmines still take toll in Burma video

    Video

    Landmines still take toll in Burma

    More than 3,000 people have been killed or injured by landmines in Burma since 1999. One of the worst-affected areas is the border between Thailand and Burma. Those injured are[…]

    News Politics

    Heavy fire, landmines rock eastern Burma

    Consecutive landmine blasts claim victims in Pegu division while heavy shelling in Karen state’s Hpa-pun forces 1000 to flee

    News Politics

    Landmines and food crisis await Karen refugees

    Feb 3, 2010 (DVB), Around 3000 refugees who fled conflict in Burma last year have been told by Thai authorities that they must return to Karen state, despite dire warnings[…]

    News Briefing

    04:00 PM, 18 February 2021 News Briefing

    Myanmar Hackers attacked military-operated websites, including the Central Bank of Myanmar and Tatmadaw True News Information Team, yesterday (Feb 17) as a part of an anti-coup protests. Myanmar Hackers said[…]

    News Briefing

    20 January 2021 News Briefing

    As of 8 PM, 19 Jan, a total of 20,694 samples were tested and found more 448 new cases and 13 deaths. MoHS has reported 135,243 of total confirmed cases[…]

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    Over 1,000 miners ‘freed’ by Burmese army in Tanai

    Reports are emerging of food and water shortages at the mines, and accusations that Burmese soldiers forced the families to act as “human shields”.

    Conflict Lead Story News Shan

    5 injured in Shan State landmine blast

    As the men have little money to pay hospital fees, donations have been raised among the local Kachin community.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Explosives, drugs seized in Maungdaw

    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

    EU suspends invitations to Burma’s generals

    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

    After ARSA truce offer, Burma says ‘we don’t negotiate with terrorists’

    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.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Rohingyas cannot return to Burma without citizenship documents, says NSA

    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

    Suu Kyi denounces terrorists, silent on Rohingya exodus

    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.

    Aid Karen Lead Story News

    Karen IDPs suffer food shortages as clashes rage nearby

    “We have only rice for survival,” said Saw Swe Tun, the camp administrator.

    Karen Lead Story News Refugees

    International aid to Karen IDP camp to end in 60 days

    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

    Karen refugee advocates flag lack of planning on repatriation

    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

    Karen IDPs voice fears of returning home

    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.

    Lead Story News

    Nearly $6m budgeted for landmine initiatives in 2017

    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

    Tenasserim govt looks to launch mine-clearance programme

    “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 ambush Burmese patrol in Hlaingbwe

    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

    Kachin IDPs’ woes grow with fall of KIA’s Gidon outpost

    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.

    Conflict Lead Story News

    Burmese govt named & shamed as landmine user

    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

    Post-conflict tourism model moves ahead in Karen State

    Domestic tourists flock to the area for religious pilgrimages, but foreign visitors may enjoy trekking in the misty mountains and viewing the natural beauty.

    Conflict Lead Story News

    Rights group urges demilitarisation of former conflict zones

    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

    DKBA renegade leader said to be ‘still alive and fighting’

    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

    IDP injured by landmine in Hpakant

    According to an international watchdog, Burma is the third-worst country in the world for landmine casualties.

    Lead Story News Refugees

    Mae La Oon refugee camp: Living in limbo

    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.

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