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    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh in dire state: UNICEF

    Nearly 340,000 Rohingya children are living in squalid conditions in Bangladesh camps where they lack enough food, clean water and health care, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.

    Crime Lead Story News Society Women's Issues

    Lifting the lid on child rape

    The story of a three-year-old in Sagaing Division sheds light on a long-hushed issue in Burma: child rape, reports of which have risen 40 percent this year.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Arakan aid curbs taking ‘terrible toll’ on children: UNICEF

    Unrest in the Muslim-majority north of Arakan State is taking a “terrible toll” on children, the UN children’s agency said as it called for full access to the region.

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    Conflict Lead Story News

    1 child killed, 2 critically wounded in artillery strike in Muse

    “The Tatmadaw fired six artillery rounds around six in the morning, and two landed right in the centre of the village, hitting three children who were outside playing,” an NGO worker told DVB.

    International Lead Story News

    In SE Asian disasters, breast milk is best

    After each disaster in Southeast Asia, well-meaning groups donate infant formula, not realising the dangers it can pose to mothers and infants.

    2015 Elections Aid Lead Story News

    UN expects ‘disruptions’ during Burmese election

    The United Nations has issued a directive to its staff restricting travel to Burma during the election period, citing possible disruptions.

    Over 600 underage recruits have been released from the Tatmadaw since 2012, but many more remain. (PHOTO: DVB footage).

    Lead Story Military News

    51 minors released by Burmese army

    The latest release of 51 underage recruits has been commended internationally as a positive step forwards in the eradication of child soldiers worldwide.

    Aid Education Lead Story News

    Australia pledges $2.5m to UNICEF for Burmese children

    Canberra is to donate US$2.5 million to UNICEF for the protection of children in Burma from sexual and physical violence, and human trafficking.

    Analysis Lead Story News Peace Process

    Child soldiers and Burma’s long road to reform

    As the latest group of child soldiers are released from Burma’s military, challenges still exist for those at-risk in the face of the country’s much lauded reforms.

    Aid Kachin Lead Story News

    Kachin IDPs wait for aid as winter sets in

    Thousands of refugees at camps in northern Kachin State are facing food shortages since the state government blocked aid deliveries at the end of October.

    Lead Story Military News

    Eighty child soldiers released from Burmese army

    A ceremony was held in Rangoon on Monday for 80 underage soldiers who have been released from duty in the Burmese army and allowed to go home.

    Census Chin Citizenship Lead Story Magwe Mon News

    Birth registration project launched in Magwe, Mon, Chin

    The pilot scheme will target non-registered children in Magwe, Moulmein and Hakha, and is part of a long-term goal to issue birth certificates to every child in Burma.

    Bullet Points: 19 August 2014 video

    Lead Story News Uncategorized

    Bullet Points: 19 August 2014

    Watch today’s top stories with Angus Watson.

    Route home blocked for child soldiers video

    Human Rights Lead Story News

    Route home blocked for child soldiers

    A full two years after the Burmese government pledged to release all children from military service, many young victims of underage recruitment remain trapped in the army’s ranks.

    Bullet Points: 1 August 2014 video

    Lead Story News

    Bullet Points: 1 August 2014

    Watch today’s top stories with Angus Watson.

    Conflict Lead Story News

    Burmese army releases 91 child soldiers: UNICEF

    Ninety-one persons under the age of 18 were released on Friday from Burma’s armed forces, but an analysts says the military’s recruitment policy is largely unchanged.

    DVB Debate: Will foreign aid help or hinder Burma? video

    DVB Debate Lead Story News Video

    DVB Debate: Will foreign aid help or hinder Burma?

    Panellists on DVB Debate discuss potential pitfalls that can arise from a reliance on foreign aid.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Rohingya

    Level of suffering in Arakan ‘never seen before’: UN

    A senior UN official has referred to the humanitarian situation in western Burma’s Arakan State as “appalling”, upon concluding a four-day visit to the country.

    Aid Arakan Communal Violence Lead Story News

    UNICEF emphasises Arakanese children over terminology

    The primary concern for UNICEF is the plight of children in Arakan State, and not the lexicon employed to describe members of the community, says Bertrand Bainvel, the agency’s leading official in Burma.

    Aid Arakan Lead Story News

    UNICEF blasted for ‘humiliating’ concession as it tries to mend fences in Arakan

    International agency finds itself again on the receiving end following a report that it had apologised for using the word “Rohingya” and promised Arakanese authorities that it would not use the term again.

    Lead Story News Politics Rohingya

    Burmese govt pledges to investigate Sittwe riot

    Seventy-one aid workers, including 32 foreigners, are evacuated to a local police station in Sittwe after a crowd turns on international aid organisations. Reports say an 11-year-old was killed when police fired warning shots to disperse the crowd.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Foreign aid workers ‘huddled’ in Sittwe police station

    Curfew and a ban on gatherings imposed in Sittwe after Buddhist mobs attack international NGO offices.

    Development Lead Story News Politics Uncategorized

    Japan announces more aid, loans to Burma

    Coinciding with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to Burma this week, Japan has announced 1.6 billion yen (US$16m) in support for UN programmes in Burma.

    Health Lead Story News

    Pay-boost proposal for Burmese doctors, medical workers

    Burma’s Health Minister Dr Pe Thet Khin has proposed to parliament a threefold increase in pay for medical workers who are posted to remote areas, with the additional salary to be paid by the Ministry of Border Affairs and the relevant regional government.

    Development Health Lead Story

    UN pledges support in Burma’s fight against malnutrition

    The UN and other international agencies have intensified their involvement in Burma’s fight to eradicate malnutrition. Children are the focus of multi-layered efforts to improve on poor recent figures.

    Uncategorized

    As many as 400 children die daily in Burma, says UNICEF

    Jan 24, 2008 (AP), Hundreds of children under age 5 die from preventable diseases each day in military-ruled Burma, the second-worst mortality rate for children in Asia after Afghanistan, UN[…]

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