The newly formed Land Utilization Management Central Committee led by Vice President U Nyan Tun has vowed to settle all complains of seized land reported to the committee, within a year. The announcement was made at a press conference, held at the Ingyin Hall of the Ministry of Environmental Rese...

The governments of Myanmar and Thailand are planning talks to enable the residents of border refugee camps to be counted in the national census later this year, an official from the Ministry of Immigration and Population told Mizzima on January 9. The official said the assistance of the Karen Nat...

More than 130 villagers from 20 villages in Hlaingbwe and Hpa-An Township signed a petition letter and sent to the state parliament demanding a solution to the dispute over farmland that was granted concession to businessman for a rubber plantation. Daw Nan Say Awa, a member of parliament from the ...

As hundreds of Burundian refugees continue to flow into neighbouring countries every week, UNHCR is calling on host governments to urgently provide more land to ensure shelter and avert a drastic deterioration in conditions. The number of people fleeing Burundi, where peace talks have stalled, ha...

Although Ghana pledged in 2015 to end statelessness in 2016, it still remains one of the few West African countries yet to implement the national action plan to eradicate statelessness. The Abidjan Declaration was adopted in 2015 by Head of States of the Economic Community of West African States ...

10 mai 2017 à 14h53 Par Jeune Afrique avec AFP La Communauté économique des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest (Cedeao) est devenue ce mardi la première organisation du continent à adopter un plan d‘élimination de l’apatridie, qui toucherait près d'un million de personnes sur cette partie du continent. ...

Thaton, 21 June—Under the auspices of Htaunghmu monastery Sayadaw,a ceremony to hand over the new school building and land plot was held in TadaU Village of Thaton Township in Mon State on Friday.The Abbot handed over documents related to the new school building to the officials of education depa...

Land confiscated by the Military was given back to their owner with temporary property documentations by the State Government in Kayah (Karenni). More than 1065 acres within Loikaw Township and 2523.80 acres within Hpruso Township were given back in total. These land include 637 acres from the...

To resolve disputes over confiscated lands and to streamline the process of returning them to the rightful owners, the Union government will amend two land-related laws, said Dr Aung Thu, Union Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation. He added that since taking office, his ministry has...

The National League for Democracy (NLD) in Tanintharyi Region says it is ready to cooperate with the Dawei Nationalities Party (DNP) in order to implement regional development. In order to move forward with this effort the party in Tanintharyi must receive instruction from party headquarters, accor...