Ministryof Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation has granted permission to establish fish and prawn farming zones after the Myanmar Fishery Federation (MFF) has submitted a proposal to the authorities, according to MFF. Union Minister Dr. Aung Thu announced the ministry’s approval on the establishme...

Matupi and Kanpetlet townships have 30,055 eligible voters for the by-election in the Chin State, according to the Chin State Election Commission. The Chin State Election Commission's secretary U Linn Kyaw said the voters' lists have been posted in respective townships since October 1 and Matupi...

Myanmar Human Right Commission announced on November 4 that they found no unusual activities in polling stations that they observed and that the election met international human rights standards. The commission said they will write a report about it to respective authorities. The commission me...

Rural areas far from the national grid will get electricity through renewable energy sources, says Minister of Electricity and Energy U Win Khine. He said the government will provide electricity to these areas through renewable energy as lower population density and electricity usage may not make...

A survey of Venezuelans who have fled their country has found that half (50.2 per cent) of the families interviewed faced or continue to face specific risks during their journey because of their age, gender, health or other needs, or because they had to make drastic choices to cope, including beggin...

UNHCR has mobilized displaced people to help reach others within their communities and better attend to their most pressing needs.

When their hometown in Quissanga district in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province was overrun by insurgents last March, Zura, Omar and Yassini knew they had to flee.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for urgent and enhanced measures to protect civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where a series of recent attacks by an armed group has displaced nearly 20,000 people in North Kivu province. Armed groups continue to devastate civilian...