An outbreak of yellow fever has killed 21 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) says, linking some cases to an outbreak in neighbouring Angola. In a statement, the WHO said the deaths had occurred in January to March, with 151 suspected cases recorded. ...

The government and the armed ethnic group Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) have agreed to hold another round of talks on Wednesday to discuss the group’s signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), a government spokesman told The Myanmar Times. “We’ve agreed to meet next week fo...

The government said its solar electrification project has allowed almost 200,000 households to access power supply over the last two years. Over 4000 villages and 180,000 households have been electrified during two years of five-year solar electrification project implemented by the agriculture mi...

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...

THE Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday, stated that Boko Haram terrorists had been reduced to remnants and would be completely eliminated in no distant time. Buratai premised this optimism on intensified counter terrorism measures of the Nigerian Army to include adoption of same...

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is to ask the country's national assembly to extend a state of emergency in three northeastern states hit by fighters when it expires this week, the justice minister has said. Jonathan ordered troops into Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states in May last year. Several ...

The Ministry of Education plans to promote ethnic language teaching assistants in public schools to permanent teachers if they have bachelor’s degrees, the Department of Ethnic Literature and Culture said. The teaching assistants were hired by the Department of Basic Education to improve the lear...

Japan will provide waste management technology to Myanmar to help the country deal with its burgeoning garbage problem. The aid was formalised in a memorandum of understanding on environmental conservation signed on Monday by Myanmar’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation...

YANGON — Non-signatories of the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) will not attend an event in Naypyitaw on Sunday to mark the two-year anniversary of the signing of the accord. Ethnic bloc United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) stated it would not attend because it had little time to prep...