La communauté économique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) a adopté officiellement le mardi 9 mai, lors d’une conférence ministérielle à Banjul, en Gambie, un plan d’élimination du phénomène de privation de nationalité, appelé apatride. « L’Afrique de l’Ouest se pose en leader de la...

A new bridge has been constructed in Mawlamyinegyun Township, labutta district, ayeyawady Region, under the government’s rural development plan. With the use of a Ks48 million budget, the Township Rural development department is organizing the construction of a new RC concrete bridge named Panmau...

U Min Thu, deputy minister of the President’s Office, has been nominated as minister of the Office of the Union Government. A letter from the president nominating U Min Thu was read in the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (bicameral parliament) on November 19. The appointment would fill a vacancy left when ...

The government has approved the seizure of more than 950,000 acres of unused vacant, fallow and virgin land that had been leased to private entities for agriculture, breeding and mining, a senior agriculture official said on Wednesday. U Myo Tint Tun, deputy permanent secretary of the Ministry of...

CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The six-month window for the registration of vacant, fallow and virgin land for the use of agribusiness in accordance with the newly amended Vacant, Fallow and Virgin (VFV) Land Management Law will come to a close on March 11. One month after the amended law was passed by t...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation will improve the country’s agriculture industry under its five-year development plan, Union Minister Dr Aung Thu said in his opening remarks at the recent meeting in Nay Pyi Taw. To reach the ministry’s goal to enhance the farming industry, th...

The Karen National Union (KNU) met with officials from the Karen State Government to discuss cooperation on solving ongoing and future land issues on 6 December at the Karen State Government office. Karen State Government officials including the Security and Border Affairs Minister Colonel Aung L...

The Tanintharyi Region government has drafted a master development plan with the help of Japan, said Tanintharyi Region Chief Minister Dr Le Le Maw on September 8. The master plan will prioritize the marine, education and mining sectors. “I have requested that Japanese people draw the maste...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the OECD, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, is launching today an innovative action plan to expand employment opportunities for refugees. The document not only identifies the challenges, opportunities and best practices in the integratio...

France's foreign minister said an African Union-led plan was the only viable way to end fighting among rival factions in the Central African Republic, pushing back Monday against an alternative peace process steered by Russia. "There is no alternative that is either desirable or is likely to succeed...