Bad harvest triggers renewed food shortages in impoverished northwestern state as World Food Programme project comes under fire
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Chin target govt with anti-poverty plea
Academics warn of exodus of youth from Chin state unless the government takes seriously the threat posed by endemic poverty
Food shortages drive Chin residents to Mizoram
Sep 17, 2008 (DVB), A man and a woman from Ngafaipee village in Htantalan township, Chin State, died from hunger and exhaustion on Monday after carrying food supplies from India’s…
Heavy tax burden adds to Chin food crisis
Feb 27, 2008 (DVB), The Chin National Front has criticised the excessive taxes levied by the Burmese government on ethnic Chin people who are already facing severe food shortages. The…