The Borno State Government has finally put in place machinery to get public schools in the capital, Maiduguri, closed for classes over a year ago as a result of Boko Haram insurgency, opened. As part of effort to open these schools which are currently accommodating internally displaced persons (I...

Burma’s government and the Thai company involved in the construction of the Asia Highway have paid compensation to landowners affected by the construction, but some landowners have claimed that they did not receive the compensation that the authorities initially promised. The landowners had their...

According to the land utilization committee, the military division based in Ye township, south Mon state is returning more than 8,000 acres of land to its original owners. U Aung Cho, chairman of the land utilization committee, said that 887.38 acres of land Township which was confiscated by four ...

More than 200 farmers staged a protest on Tuesday in the town of Hpruso in Karenni State against land grabs by the Burmese military by marching to the confiscated farmland in question to plough it. Over 1,200 acres of farmland were allegedly confiscated about 10 years ago from 109 residents in So...

The military junta now governing Thailand is pressing forward with plans to create a special status border trading area with Burma as Thai overland exports mushroom and financiers urge the establishment of border factories. The move could lead to greater control of migrant Burmese labor by attemp...

The farmers gathered outside the courthouse around noon on May 4. After the six were found guilty of trespassing and each sentenced to 25 days in jail or a K500 fine, the marchers demonstrated through the streets of the capital. Led by activists from the Union of Karenni State Youth and the newly...

Nigeria makes history today with the launch of a strategic plan and roadmap to achieve zero hunger by 2030. The plan tagged: “Synthesis Report of the Nigeria Zero Hunger Strategic Review” articulates what Nigeria needs to do to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2)—one of the recently ado...

Yangon, 5 Aug — According to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), a community infrastructure project was implemented last year contributing to the development and rehabilitation in ethnic minority areas in Myanmar. The project was funded by Japanese government and implemented...

The master plan for Yangon, Myanmar’s commercial hub is scheduled to be unveiled by the end of this year, according to Phyo Min Thein, Yangon region chief minister. Phyo Min Thein said at Vice President Myint Swe’s meeting with Myanmar businesses last week that the plan would consist of building ...