Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics
Burma’s Union Election Commission has allowed the registration of the Arakan League for Democracy, re-establishing a political party that was a formidable competitor in national polls 27 years ago but may further fracture ethnic Arakanese political solidarity in future votes.
Interview Lead Story News Politics
DVB interviews Khine Pyi Soe, the secretary of the former RNDP, on the structure and aims of the newly merged Arakan National Party.
Communal Violence Conflict Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
Various Arakanese organisations have announced they will hold the 4th Arakan National Convention in Kyaukphyu from 27 April to 1 May as they strive to find answers to the ongoing conflict in the region.
Communal Violence Lead Story News
Eleven Arakanese nationalists, who were detained in connection with the ethno-religious violence that broke out in October, have been released on bail.
Lead Story News Peace Process Property
Representatives of Burma’s main political parties, though not the USDP, sit for talks with officials of ethnic armed groups at a historic meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where they are due to discuss the peace process, the ceasefire agreement and federalism.
Dried-fish vendors at a market in Arakan state’s capital Sittwe protested municipal authorities policies that promote “high” taxes last Friday
