RANGOON — The popular leaders of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society, Aung San Suu Kyi and Min Ko Naing, will jointly address large rallies in Rangoon and Mandalay this month to call on the Burmese public to back efforts to reform the Constitution, th...

armers have demanded compensation for their land confiscated and for losses of land to mining and a cement factory in Hlakar village track, in Hpa-an, Karen State. The Hlakar farmers held a meeting in the village on September 12 that decided to present their five-point demands through the Member of...

By Alex Whiting COVENTRY, England, Nov 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - C hildren and schools are increasingly being used as weapons of war in many countries, and more should be done to protect education in war zones, U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown said on Thursday. "We ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Cécile Pouilly – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, remains very concerned at the situation of refugees and migrants on the Greek Aegean islan...

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA—The United Nations has warned Federal Government against returning internally displaced persons, IDPs, in the North-East to their homeland, saying the area was not safe. Giving the warning, yesterday, in Abuja at the Lake Chad Basin Regional Protection Dialogue for the victi...

YANGON — More than 6,000 Yangon residents have submitted applications to purchase 1,000-plus low-cost apartments put up for sale by the Yangon regional government, according to the government Public Housing Sale Committee. The committee is due to meet by the end of this month to determine how the...

The African Union Commission has commended the Federal Government for proper management of the more than two million Internally Displaced Persons in the North East. Dr. Aisha Abdullahi, Commissioner for Political Affairs, African Union Commission, made the commendation during an inspection visit ...

By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani YOLA, Nigeria, Feb 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For the first time in his life, 17-year-old Muhammed Sani can identify the letters of the English alphabet, read simple sentences in English, such as: "I want to eat" and "I want to go home". He can also work out si...

The €38 million grant will support the socio-economic wellbeing of refugee families and the communities hosting them in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. Addis Ababa, JULY 8, 2015: The UN refugee agency announced today that it has received a grant of €38¬ million from the IKEA Foundation, its largest priv...