From rhetoric to action: How an NLD-led government can put federalism into practice

From rhetoric to action: How an NLD-led government can put federalism into practice 17 April 2016 - When President U Htin Kyaw in his inaugural speech to the nation talked about the NLD-led government's commitment…

EU Renewed Sanctions on Burma

13 April 2011: The European Union Foreign Ministers agreed to continue their stand on economic sanctions against military-ruled Burma for another year at the Foreign Affairs Council meeting held in Luxembourg yesterday.

Changing the Status Quo in Burma

13 April 2011: With the formal dissolution of the State Peace and Development Council on 30th March, the Burmese junta has now ‘handed over’ the executive, legislative and judicial powers to the new government. A 69-member cabinet, headed by the president and two vice-presidents, was subsequently sworn in at the Union Parliament. This new ruling body came out of a fundamentally flawed and widely discredited electoral process, whose primary purpose was to ensure dominant positions for key junta figures in the new governing structure.

Food Crisis in Chin State Likely to Worsen, says OCHA

10 April 2011: The ongoing situation of food insecurity in Chin State is expected to get worse, with the coming of monsoon that dramatically reduces access to other off-farm income-generating activities, according to the United Nations OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs).