QRCS builds WASH capacity for better Bangladesh refugee camp management [EN/AR]
March 17th, 2020 ? Doha: As part of the ongoing efforts by Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) to improve the living conditions of the refugees from Myanmar to Bangladesh, as well as the host communities, it has worked to build …
Ethnic Kachin Parties Join Hands to Face Myanmar’s Ruling NLD in 2020 Polls
Local political parties in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state have been working together to strengthen the prospects of their candidates beating those from the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party in general elections later this year, politicians and activists said …
Myanmar’s Ruling NLD Votes Down Bill on Ethnic Chief Ministers
Myanmar’s ruling party lawmakers on Tuesday rejected an opposition party-sponsored bill to amend the constitution to allow chief ministers in ethnic minority regions to be elected, rather than appointed by the country’s president, legislators said.
Military-appointed and ethnic parliamentarians supported …
Myanmar Denials Define COVID-19 Response
In a world beset by the coronavirus pandemic, denial is becoming an increasingly rare commodity – but don’t tell that to Myanmar’s government, which still claims there are no cases of COVID-19 in the country.
Astonishingly, government spokesperson Zaw Htay …
On the Frontlines: Preventing Coronavirus in Cox’s Bazar
COVID-19 continues to sweep global news headlines, with updates each hour informing us of the latest number of reported cases and quarantine measures. Everywhere you turn, people are stocking up on essentials, working remotely, or even on lockdown. In fact, …
Myanmar Rakhine Flare-up Kills 21 Civilians, Displaces 1,000 in Chin State
Intense clashes and airstrikes by government forces in western Myanmar’s Chin state over the weekend killed 21 civilians, injured more than two dozen others, and prompted more than 1,000 villagers to flee their homes, local lawmakers said Monday.
The casualties …
Why the timing is right to address the humanitarian-development nexus
Sometimes aid policy feels very circular. The renewed interest in the humanitarian-development nexus is one such example. It has been on and off the policy agenda since the 1990s, but is now back in full swing, often with peacebuilding added …
Myanmar Court Approves Defamation Case Against Editor Over 2019 Report
A Myanmar court on Monday accepted a criminal defamation case against an editor nearly a year after the government military filed a lawsuit over the publication of online memoirs about the armed conflict in war-torn Rakhine state.
Lieutenant Colonel Zaw …
Laos Shutters Small Checkpoints on Borders With Vietnam, Cambodia, Citing Coronavirus Spread
Laos is shuttering small checkpoints on its borders with Vietnam and Cambodia as part of a bid to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus into the country, where authorities have yet to announce a positive case of the disease …