Uganda wants intl. aid to deal with influx of Burundi refugees

UNHCR Press Releases, 18 March 2016 UNHCR notes today's agreement between the European Union and Turkey on the situation of refugees and migrants seeking to make their way to Europe. We recognize the shared need of countries to find properly managed solutions to this situation. Indeed UNHCR ha...

Loikaw has a new sister city across the border with Thailand. The Kayah (Karenni) State capital signed an agreement with Mae Hong Son on March 9. Kayah State and Mae Hong Son Province officials said the new pact will help both sides to boost tourism, trade and rural development projects. “Agri...

Two major Myanmar armed ethnic groups that have shunned talks to enter into a nationwide ceasefire agreement with President Thein Sein’s government have agreed to sign a peace deal that could be clinched as early as next month. The United Wa State Army (UWSA), the country’s largest armed rebel gr...

The government must consider amendments to the draft national ceasefire accord proposed by ethnic armed groups at the recent Law Khee Lar summit, U Hla Maung Shwe, senior adviser at the Myanmar Peace Centre, said Friday. An MPC team led by U Hla Maung Shwe met Nai Hong Sa, Pado Saw Kwe Htoo Win a...