by Aminu ABUBAKAR Boko Haram fighters hacked to death 10 people in remote northeast Nigeria, a local government official said on Monday, as the military claimed to have thwarted a fresh attack. The attack happened early on Friday in the village of Pambula-Kwamda, the local government chairman ...

Turkish Airlines resumed flights to Mogadishu, the latest international airliner to resume its flights to the Somali capital few months after the Al-Qaeda linked Al Shabab group bombed a Somali airliner which made an emergency landing with a gaping hole on its side, officials said Sunday. A suspe...

A joint project to build coal-fired power stations involving the Union government and a foreign investor has divided local residents in Mon State. Yesterday about 6000 villagers gathered to protest against the project in Ann Din village, about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) from the town of Ye. The Thai...

Japan plans to provide 100 billion yen ($995 million) in loans to Myanmar for infrastructure development, a Japanese government source said Friday, the first such offer by Tokyo since the longtime opposition party led by Aung San Suu Kyi took office in March. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to ma...

In an attempt to boost the economy of Kayin State, the government has announced a strategy to attract entrepreneurs to the Hpa-an industrial zone in the state capital. Deputy planning minister U Maung Maung Win told parliament on December 1 that the plan involved worker training and development, and...