Myanmar has been endeavoring to promote literacy in the country as part of its bid to raise the nation's education standard in line with the international level. Adult literacy rate in the country went up in 2013, hitting as high as 95.13 percent. It was attributed to the opening of more than ...

Faced with continued violence in Syria and a growing refugee influx into the region, UNHCR and its partners today warned of grave risks if funding gaps are not closed and mounting refugee needs are not met. In an updated 2014 Syria Regional Response Plan (RRP6) being formally presented in Geneva ...

In 2010, the EU allowed imports of wild-caught fishery products from Myanmar. Eight years later, Myanmar will now be able to export products from farm-raised fish to European Union member countries starting from December 1, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation. Sampl...

By ADAM NOSSITER DAKAR, Senegal — Refugees in northeast Nigeria fleeing an attack by the Islamist group Boko Haram have spoken of dozens of civilian deaths and scores of houses destroyed in an already hard-hit fishing village near Lake Chad. Local officials and witnesses who have fled to the r...

YANGON — Researchers funded by the Joint Peace Fund, a consortium of mostly western donors, have recommended that the Myanmar government and aid providers support existing services run by ethnic armed groups, ranging from schools to land titling, as a means of building “federalism from below”. A ...