RANGOON — The Burmese government announced it will be offering scholarships for outstanding students who want study under- and postgraduate courses at international universities. It will reportedly be the first time in five decades that the government offers support for Burmese students to study abr...

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...

Plans for a cement factory in Burma’s southeastern Karen State met with stark opposition from local communities on Monday. The project, planned for Mekaren [Mi Kayin] village in Hpa-an, was proposed by the regional government and the Karen National Union (KNU). Representatives of the KNU and s...

Name: Vicky Munguriek, 35, from Uganda Job title: Driver in northern Uganda Years at UNHCR: Joined in December 2016 Why did you become an aid worker? I saw an advertisement in a newspaper for a driver with UNHCR. I decided to apply because I wanted to help people who are in need and suff...

Boa Vista – Traçar novos passos e construir outras experiências de vida se tornaram rotina para quem deixou o país de origem em busca de oportunidades em um território longe de casa. A mudança repentina de um lugar para outro e a necessidade de se adaptar a uma língua diferente podem impactar na saú...

NO fewer than forty-five suspected Boko Haram terrorists are in detention in Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Lagos. They suspects have been in the prison since the last seven months awaiting trial, following an order by a Magistrate, Mrs. Adeola Adedayo of an Isolo Magistrate Court. A rights group, t...

By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA—AN international organisation, OXFAM, yesterday, said over 330, 000 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, were in danger of epidemic in the North-East region of the country, because of lack of portable water and poor and sanitation. In an assessment report titled “Livelihoods a...

RANGOON — The National League for Democracy’s push for peace with ethnic armed groups is expected to begin in late July, according to sources familiar with the matter. At the office complex of the former Myanmar Peace Center in Rangoon on Thursday, the government committee making preparations for...