Monrovia - More than 10,000 Ivorians who fled to Liberia more than two years ago following post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire have returned home this year. The refugees, mostly living in camps and communities in Grand Gedeh, Nimba, Maryland and River Gee Counties in Liberia, are returning to...

Women's groups have welcomed a government initiative to help women who have experienced domestic violence, and called for the project, so far limited to Yangon and Mandalay, to be extended throughout the country. The new One-Stop Women’s Support Centre (OSWSC) was set up to help women who have su...

The government and representatives will draw up a national youth policy aimed at tapping the boundless energy of the country’s young people in national development, officials said on Wednesday. Senior government officials and youth representatives are meeting on August 24 and 25 in Nay Pyi Taw t...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration, IOM, announced Friday that they assisted the Ethiopian government in relocating to camps more than 100,000 South Sudanese refugees who, since September 2016, fled renewed conflict in the world’s youngest nation. Since t...

The Myeik authorities is planning to build a one-stop service pier in Myeik to check marine products, such as fish and prawns, meant for exports. As part of the service, teams are expected to inspect the products directly on fishing vessels. A meeting to discuss the matter was held on 25 November. ...

CHIANG MAI, Thailand — three ethnic armed groups based in northeast Myanmar said they were willing to stop fighting and enter formal negotiations after meeting with members of the government’s Peace Commission on Wednesday in China’s Yunnan Province. The military has been reluctant to enter forma...