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    Lead Story News Politics

    Govt, military have ‘weaponised aid’, says rights group

    The Burmese government and military are “weaponising” aid access in Kachin State, which could amount to war crimes, according to a new report released by Fortify Rights.

    Lead Story News Politics Rohingya

    Burma is source of world’s fourth-largest displaced population: report

    With 1.2 million refugees originating from Burma and tens of thousands more uprooted inside the country, the Southeast Asian nation was the source of the fourth-largest population of displaced people worldwide at the end of 2017, a new report by the UN refugee agency.

    Kachin Lead Story News

    Left in limbo: Kachin IDPs face monsoon season dilemma

    “Unless both sides stop fighting and allow these people to go home, [the Kachin IDPs] are facing a dire situation.”

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    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    3 ‘terrorists’ killed in Arakan mountains: Burmese govt

    Zaw Htay said that security forces carried out a clearance operation in the Buthidaung-Maungdaw region of the Mayu mountain range. “That’s where the terrorists were hiding,” he said.

    Aid Lead Story News Rohingya

    Thousands urgently require shelter in north Arakan, says UN

    Most of the families are Rohingyas returning from Bangladesh, having fled their homes several months ago during an intense military crackdown in and around Maungdaw.

    Arakan Conflict Lead Story News

    One year on, Arakanese IDPs still in limbo

    Some 420 men, women and children are camped in the town of Sechaung, while another 62 ethnic Khami people shelter in a monastery.

    Aid Conflict Lead Story News

    3,000 IDPs sheltering in Hsipaw, Namtu

    Relief workers say that these internally displaced persons are urgently in need of blankets and warm clothing as the cold season sets in.

    Aid Arakan Lead Story News

    UN, WHO given access to IDPs in Buthidaung

    Foreign aid groups had previously been denied access to shelters amid ongoing clashes between government security forces and armed mobs.

    Arakan Lead Story News

    Buddhist villagers return to Maungdaw

    More than 100 persons, who fled their villages last week amid violent scenes in Maungdaw, were transported back home on Thursday morning.

    Aid Kachin Lead Story News

    NGOs concerned by aid restrictions in Kachin State

    “The Myanmar Tatmadaw [armed forces] consistently hinders food transportation to the most needed area in Kachin State,” says JST.

    Conflict Lead Story News Shan

    IDPs call for Tatmadaw withdrawal from Shan State

    The group also reportedly called for the Tatmadaw to release two villagers who were detained during a raid on a SSA-S facility in the village of Panpwe.

    Aid Karen Lead Story News

    Burmese govt launches aid effort for IDPs in Karen State

    Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement says it has delivered humanitarian relief for over 3,800 villagers displaced by recent hostilities.

    Interview Lead Story News

    Interview: ‘They don’t know it’s not OK to beat a woman’

    Representatives of the United Nations Population Fund speak to DVB about efforts to address gender-based violence in Burma.

    Conflict Lead Story News Shan

    200 villagers flee fighting in Namtu

    “They claimed that three or four villagers from Wanmai were abducted by the Palaung armed group [TNLA] and yet to return.”

    Lead Story News Peace Process Shan

    300 Hsipaw IDPs returning home

    “The IDPs are being repatriated as calm gradually returns to the area,” a Shan MP tells DVB.

    Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Clashes continue in Burma’s north, as EU delegation visits

    Fighting in Burma’s north intensified this week, even as a visiting EU delegation urged all parties to lay down their arms.

    Conflict IDPs Lead Story News

    Arakan displaced need govt, foreign help, says ANP lawmaker

    Arakan National Party MP Khin Saw Wai says the government and international aid agencies should come to the assistance of local people displaced by recent clashes in Arakan State.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Arakan conflict straining resources: aid groups

    Relief agencies warn that the increasing number of IDPs in Arakan State may soon stretch humanitarian resources to the breaking point.

    Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    ANP, ALP urge end to hostilities in Arakan

    The largest ethnic party in parliament and a signatory to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement want the Burmese army to end its offensive in Arakan State.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Villagers flee Burma army offensive in Arakan State

    The displaced villagers also claimed that the Burmese army has been forcing local people to act as porters.

    Arakan Lead Story News Politics

    Arakan IDP shelter suffers under water shortage

    Already displaced by conflict between rebels and the Burmese army, Arakanese villagers are now facing a water shortage as the hot season bears down.

    Lead Story News

    Interview: Breaking the cycle of malnutrition in Burma

    The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) in Burma is facing a funding shortfall of $51 million to meet all the needs till the end of 2016.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Displaced Kachin pin hopes on NLD

    For more than six months in 2011, Ywe Ja refused to leave her home in Burma’s Kachin State despite heavy fighting around her village.

    Arts Kachin Lead Story News

    Kachin war novel wins literature award

    A novel portraying the plight of civilians tormented by civil war in northern Burma wins ‘Best Novel’ category in this years’ national literature awards.

    IDPs Kachin Lead Story News

    Kachin ‘model village’ offers scant rewards

    Ngwe Pyaw, which means ‘wealthy village’ in Burmese, was founded by the government in May 2014 as a pilot resettlement site. But it is wealthy in name only.

    Many of the roads to the IDPs are flooded or too muddy for aid trucks to get through. (PHOTO: DVB).

    Aid Kachin Lead Story News Refugees

    Floods, mud, govt preventing aid to Kachin IDPs, says church

    Hundreds of refugees in northern Kachin State are not receiving humanitarian aid, according to the Kachin Baptist Council (KBC).

    Aid Lead Story News Rohingya

    UN urges more support for Rohingyas, but state media suggests they are overfed

    Burmese govt press cite sources claiming that relief supplies are ‘abundant’ in the camps.

    Mae La refugee camp on the Thai-Burmese border. (PHOTO: Feliz Solomon/DVB)

    Lead Story News Refugees

    Burmese refugees offered job training in Thailand

    Refugees living on the Thai border will be offered courses in dressmaking, mechanics, construction and hotel management to improve job prospects in Burma.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    Hpakant villagers evacuated amid renewed fighting

    Residents from a number of villages in central Kachin State have been ordered by the Burmese army to evacuate the region, following clashes with Kachin rebels.

    Conflict Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News

    Artillery shell narrowly misses school in Laiza

    Locals in the Kachin town of Laiza fear renewed clashes between government and ethnic forces, after an artillery shell landed close to a boarding school.

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