CATEGORY

News

SNLD Wants Rival EAOs in Shan State To Sign Ceasefire

Thursday, July 29, 2021 A Shan political party wants estranged Shan ethnic armed organisations (EAO) to stop the violence against each other and start...

Rakhine State Police Transferred To Shan State Infected With COVID-19

A police officer from Rakhine State and three members of his immediate family tested positive after arriving in Namhsan town, northern Shan State. The police...

Shan Cultural Organization Helping Civilians Affected By Conflict in Kyaukme Township

Among the thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) affected by fighting between rival ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) in Kyaukme Township, about 80 people from...

Shan EAOs Clash in Burma’s Hsipaw Township

The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) clashed with Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) near Wam Seim village in Hsipaw Township, northern Shan State...

Taunggyi Hospital Nears Capacity During COVID-19 Outbreak

Health professionals in Taunggyi struggle to make room for incoming patients infected with COVID-19 as the outbreak spreads in the town in eastern Shan...

IDPs Afraid To Return To Homes in Southern Shan State

The conflict between warring Shan ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) in southern Shan State has displaced almost a thousand civilians in Mong Kung Township. A volunteer...

COVID-19 THIRD WAVE SURGING: R2P emergency humanitarian health intervention possible?

When the people of Burma or Myanmar have already given up hope for Responsibility to Protect (R2P) humanitarian intervention by the UN and international...

Military Sentences Youths in Taunggyi Township

The military arrested up to twenty youths and accused them of helping the People Defence Force (PDF). Members of the civilian resistance group told...

Violence Between EAOs Affects Thousands in Shan State

Shelling between ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) forced thousands of civilians from their homes in Mong Kung Township. A fifty-year-old told SHAN that everyone fled...

SHAN-SHAN CONFLICT: Shan inter-ethnic armed conflict averted as Shan youth tries another tactic

To the relief of the Shan people in Kehsi Township, particularly along the Loi Hon mountain range the armed engagement between the two warring...

Latest news