The government's Union Peace Working Committee and the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) will meet in the northern town of Myitkyina on May 13. "It will either be a one-day or two-day meeting. Both sides have agreed to meet," said Aung Naing Oo from Myanmar Peace Center. "The reason is to...

Nick Long February 06, 2016 10:55 AM KAGA BANDORO, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC— The United Nations is trying a new approach to the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (or DDR) of armed groups. The new approach, described as pre-DDR, is being launched in the Central African Republic's n...

Members of the Parliament Committee on National Race Affairs and Internal Peacemaking (CNRAIP) have called on President Thein Sein’s government to let lawmakers participate in Burma’s ongoing peace process. The CNRAIP members met with Vice President Sai Mauk Kham, who heads the Union Peacemaking ...

BELMOPAN, Belize – A group of asylum-seekers in Belize have been granted Permanent Residency Cards, officially recognizing their legal status in the country. The residency cards were distributed on September 2nd during an Amnesty Ceremony at the University of Belize Conference Center in Belmopan Cit...

BANGUI, 24 August 2014 – A significant decrease in the number of urban refugees and asylum seekers in the Central African Republic was attested at a verification exercise organized by UNHCR. Their current number in Bangui rests at about 1,921 people, in comparison to the more than 4,500 refugees and...

By Wendy Bruere RAMTHA, Jordan, 19 June 2012 – Reem* and her six children fled their home in southern Syria in February after her husband Abood* was abducted by armed men. The children were between ages 5 and 18. “The children were scared and insecure when we first came to Jordan,” Reem said. ...