Under the supervision of Myanmar-Japan SEDA, mechanics from Myanmar will be receiving internships in Japan. “We signed a MoU concerning sending Myanmar service workers to work at the care centers for the aged in Japan three months ago. Now, mechanics will be sent to Japan as soon as possible. We ...

Time is up for Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president and former army general, who promised before his inauguration on 29 May last year to stamp out Boko Haram within 12 months – and has singularly failed to do so, despite a tough military crackdown in the country’s north-east. While the terrorist...

The Nigerian government has urged security agencies to put new measures in place to guard against suicide attacks on camps of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and sent its profound condolences to the families of the victims of Dikwa IDPs camp suicide attack. The government’s condolence was con...

Ethnic leaders are expected to meet at the Kachin Independence Organisation headquarters in Laiza later this month to finalise details of a proposed nationwide ceasefire agreement ahead of further talks with the government. The Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT), which is coordinating ...

In Somalia, UNHCR and our partners stand ready to assist displaced people from Afgooye as they arrive in Mogadishu. Since 22 May, some 14,000 people have been displaced from Afgooye as a result of military activity in the area which started a week ago. The humanitarian community has a contingency...

RANGOON — Burma’s light manufacturing sector will lead the way in foreign direct investment in 2017 although investor concerns over the country’s infrastructure persist, according to the local business community. Foreign investors visiting in the last year had questions over energy supply, transp...

Three Saudi officers have been killed and two others wounded after Houthi fighters in Yemen fired a mortar round at a Saudi border post, according to Saudi Arabia's defence ministry. A statement from the ministry on Saturday said the incident took place the previous day in the Saudi border provin...

One year ago, the International Rescue Committee warned that stability in Yemen would not be possible while "more than half of the population do not know where their next meal is coming from". This past month's events have borne out that monition. Violence in the country, which has affected 18 of it...