More than 120 homes in Je Yang camp for IDPs in Burma’s Kachin State were relocated this weekend after a landslide killed five residents last Tuesday.
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UN rights official arrives in war-torn northern Burma
The newly-appointed United Nations’ rights rapporteur for Burma, Yanghee Lee, arrived in Kachin State on Monday to assess the conflict-torn region.
Meikhtila: one year on and 8,000 remain in IDP camps
Carlos Sardiña Galache returns to Meikhtila and finds that rehabilitation efforts have been slow. Thousands of Buddhists and Muslims remain in IDP camps, but even those whose homes remain standing…
Communal tensions running high in Sittwe
Arakanese Buddhists call for local police be given the right to use lethal force and demand that the UN and other international relief groups be expelled from the area; meanwhile,…
The real story behind the Mansi military offensive
Brang Hkangda of Kachinland News examines the recent military offensive in Mansi, Kachin state, and the capital interests that make peace a distant ideal.
Arakan displaced running out of food
Muslims and Buddhists who lost their homes and livelihoods due to conflict in Burma’s Arakan state, are quickly running out of food, the World Food Programme warns.