Tag: Shan State
Conflict Between EAOs Likely To Continue In Shan State
It seems unlikely that the conflict between rival ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) in Hsipaw and Kyaukme townships, where they are fighting over territory in...
Villagers Fleeing Shan State Fighting Fearful Of COVID-19
Villagers who have fled fighting between rival ethnic Shan ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) are afraid of contracting COVID-19 because infection rates are high in...
Tatmadaw Force PMFs To Fight Anti-regime Forces In Shan State
Tatmadaw Central-east Military Command has ordered People Militia Forces (PMFs) operating in Loilen District in southern Shan State to send troops to serve as...
Ethnic Armed Organisations Clash Over Territory In Northern Shan State
The spokesperson for Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) blamed the conflict in northern Shan State on the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and...
Villagers Afraid EAOs Will Abduct Youths In Northern Shan State
Villagers fear that rival armed ethnic organisations fighting each other in northern Shan State will forcibly recruit their young men and even their youth...
COVID-19 Cluster Detected In Cement Factory In Southern Shan State
Fifty-seven tested positive in Panglaung Township last Wednesday, with almost half of the infections recorded in a 24 hour period arising from a outbreak...
Over 700 Villagers Affected By Fighting in Kyaukme Township in July
Eighty-one villagers, including a one-month-old baby, displaced by the conflict in northern Shan State have fled to Hu Suan, Kyaukme Township. A man from...
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...
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...
