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    Conflict Lead Story News Shan

    TNLA, Burma Army clash in northern Shan State

    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 Lead Story News Shan

    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.

    Lead Story News Shan

    500 flee homes in Namtu as Shan, Ta’ang armies clash

    Most travelled by foot, carrying what possessions they could.

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    Ethnic issues Lead Story Photos Shan

    In Pictures: Shan National Day draws a crowd to RCSS’s border headquarters

    During the 71st Shan State National Day commemoration at the headquarters of the Restoration Council of Shan State’s Loi Tai Leng headquarters, European ambassadors and UN representatives rubbed shoulders with ethnic armed group leaders.

    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.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    Suu Kyi sends New Year’s greetings to ethnic army leaders

    Gen. Gun Maw of the Kachin Independence Army posted a copy of Suu Kyi’s letter, dated 22 December, on his Facebook page.

    Analysis Ethnic issues Lead Story Peace Process

    Resolving northern stalemate is key to peace in Burma

    Insofar as the Union government’s agenda for ethnic reconciliation is concerned, there is little doubt that the north, where the most powerful rebel armies operate, holds the key to a permanent negotiated settlement.

    Conflict Lead Story News Shan

    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.

    Lead Story News Shan

    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.

    Conflict Lead Story News

    Hostilities with Burma Army across three Shan State townships: TNLA

    Clashes between Tatmadaw troops and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) flared in three northern Shan State townships on Wednesday, the ethnic armed group has announced.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process

    Northern ethnic armed bloc makes peace conference overture

    The Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee released a statement on Thursday conveying the ethnic armed bloc’s intention to join the next iteration of the government’s 21st Century Panglong Conference if its members are officially invited to do so.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    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.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    Govt eyes meeting with Northern Alliance ahead of next 21CPC

    Aung Kyi, the head of the Peace Commission, told DVB that they hoped the ethnic rebel alliance would be “involved in the peace process very soon”.

    Conflict Lead Story News Shan

    Four civilians hit by shelling in TNLA-Burma Army clashes

    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.

    Conflict Lead Story News Shan Ta'ang

    TNLA, Burma Army clashes in Namhsan displace over 100

    Clashes between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Tatmadaw erupted in Khay Khin and Man Wel villages, part of Namhsan Township, Shan State, on Tuesday morning, sending more than 100 locals fleeing to neighbouring Namtu Township.

    Lead Story News Shan

    TNLA accused of misconduct in northern Shan State’s Hsenwi

    Soldiers from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) stand accused of abducting a man in the Hsenwi Township village of Kham Tain on Wednesday evening, releasing him only after a local abbot paid more than 2 million kyats (US$1,460) to the ethnic armed group.

    Conflict Lead Story News

    Armed clashes flare in Kachin and Shan states

    Burmese government forces, Kachin, Shan and Palaung rebels all involved in armed clashes this week.

    Conflict Lead Story News

    Palaung villagers flee as Burmese army detains 300

    The Burmese units accused various residents of having links to the TNLA or of protecting its soldiers.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story Military News

    Manpang People’s Militia conscripting youths in Shan State

    “Out of each three boys, they had to draw lots to determine which one would have to join the militia.”

    Conflict Lead Story Military News

    Military guilty of war crimes in northern Burma: Amnesty report

    A damning new report from Amnesty International paints a picture of northern Burma in which the military continues to act with impunity, accused of human rights abuses tantamount to war crimes just weeks after the appointment of a UN fact-finding mission to probe such concerns.

    Human Rights Lead Story News

    Call for probe into alleged army abuse after beatings video emerges

    Human rights advocates called on Burma to investigate the actions of some of its soldiers on Saturday after footage of people being treated violently by uniformed men went viral.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    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.

    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.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    NCA is not working, say northern ethnic armies

    The seven militias say they have formed a committee to negotiate with the government, but will not discuss the NCA.

    Arakan Lead Story News

    Organisers of ‘Arakan Army Cup’ arrested for unlawful association

    The abbot of a local monastery and another man were arrested in Arakan State’s Mrauk Oo Township on Monday after they organised a football match dubbed the “Arakan Army Cup.”

    Conflict Lead Story News Shan

    Shelling kills mother, son in Shan State’s Kutkai

    Two local villagers were killed on Tuesday when an artillery shell landed on their home amid clashes between Burmese government forces and ethnic fighters in northern Shan State’s Kutkai Township.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    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.

    Conflict Lead Story News

    Abduction reports denied as army locks down Laogai in attack’s wake

    The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) denies allegations that the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army abducted 80 female staffers working at a casino in Laogai in the aftermath of an early Monday morning assault on the town.

    Features Lead Story News

    Wa State suffers as fewer Chinese come to party

    A crackdown on graft in China is having trans-border implications for entrepreneurs in the self-proclaimed Wa State as business slows with a tightening of visa regulations.

    Kachin Lead Story News Shan

    Missing Kachin pastors in military custody: Burmese Army

    Two Kachin pastors who went missing last month and were feared dead are alive and in Burmese Army custody, according to the Office of the Defence Services’ Commander-in-Chief.

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