NAYPYIDAW — Burma’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement is taking steps to open workplace nursery schools across the country for the convenience of working parents. Minister Dr. Win Myat Aye announced the initiative to the press on Tuesday. “If we don’t have a sufficient budget, ...

Anne Look DAKAR, SENEGAL— In northeast Nigeria, insurgent group Boko Haram group has distributed leaflets warning people to boycott the March 28 nationwide elections. But that is not the only threat to security, People are moving their families away from sites of possible tension around the coun...

The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (bicameral parliament) has postponed the approval of a €70 million (K126 billion) loan from the French Development Agency for urban development in Yangon Region as it needs further review. Speaker U T Khun Myat told the parliament on Monday that the loan needs to be reviewe...

Myanmar has set to add a new television channel named the National Races Channel, aimed at widening the scope of the people. Test broadcasting of the channel with eight nationalities languages is to be done in mid-October and the languages include those of Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Mon, Rakhine...

(New York) – A planned reduction of peacekeeping troops in Darfur risks leaving civilians without much-needed protection in the face of continued violence, Human Rights Watch said today. The United Nations Security Council, which has to renew the mandate for the African Union/United Nations peace...

The online California-based University of the People (UoPeople) announced on Wednesday, in Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand, that it will provide 50 scholarships to Burma-born students in order to study tuition-free programs. The event, held at Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot, attracted nearly 200 peopl...