MINAWAO REFUGEE CAMP, Cameroon — Hold the bomb under your armpit to keep it steady, the women and girls were taught. Sever your enemy’s head from behind, to minimize struggling. “If you cut from the back of the neck, they die faster,” said Rahila Amos, a Nigerian grandmother describing the met...

It is a significant sign that the State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi ruled out the policy that the ethnic armed groups that did not sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) are also free to participate in the Union Peace Conference. Such an important move is welcomed, according to Nai Hongsa...