Bangui, Central African Republic - "Have the streets become larger, or has the government started cleaning them?" Theo is only half-joking as he lurches his yellow taxi from one side of the street to the other to avoid potholes and motorcycles. Part of the road from the airport to the city centre, a...

A meeting between a team of negotiators from Burma’s ethnic armed groups and the government’s peace negotiating team, due to be held in the Karen State capital of Hpa-an, has been postponed for the second time, according to an ethnic leader. The Hpa-an talks are meant to be the next step toward t...