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.
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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.
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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
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[…]
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
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[…]
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Karen State govt hosts landmine workshop
A workshop on the dangers of landmines is being held in the Karen State capital Hpa-an for the first time under arrangement by the regional government.
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Australia to provide an extra $9 million in aid
Australia’s ambassador to Burma said that the focus of the funding “is to improve the conditions for the voluntary return of refugees”.
