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Ghana’s Senior Military Officers Have Become Partisan – Nunoo-Mensah

Former Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier General (Rtd) Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, is claiming senior military officers in the...

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Myanmar Begins Shuttering Three Rakhine Camps

Myanmar has started shutting down three displacement camps in strife-torn Rakhine state, a senior official said...

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Myanmar Wedding Boat Toll Rises To 30

Rescuers Sunday found more bodies from a boat accident in western Myanmar that has now claimed the lives of at least 30...

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UN Pushes Myanmar To Release Detained Rohingya Children

The UN children's agency UNICEF has called on Myanmar's government to release Rohingya children detained as part of a...

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20 Killed, A Dozen Missing, When Ferry Capsizes In Burma

At least 20 people have been killed and more than a dozen missing after a ferry boat capsized in Burma's Ayeyarwaddy...

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20 Killed In Myanmar Wedding Boat Crash

At least 20 people were killed when a boat carrying scores of wedding guests collided with a river barge at night in...

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Myanmar Govt Staff Sentenced To Jail For Criticising Army

An official working for Aung San Suu Kyi's government was sentenced to six months in jail in a Yangon court on Friday...

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Aung San Suu Kyi: No Ethnic Cleansing of Myanmar Muslim Minority

Aung San Suu Kyi has denied there is ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, despite widespread...

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No Ethnic Cleansing of Myanmar Muslim Minority

Aung San Suu Kyi has denied there is ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, despite widespread...

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Suu Kyi Denies Ethnic Cleansing of Myanmar Minority

Aung San Suu Kyi has denied the ethnic cleansing of Myanmar's Muslim minority, speaking to the BBC after the UN rights...

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Ambulance Service Appeals To Churhes, Corporate Institutions For Vehicles

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the National Ambulance Service Simon Yusif Kewura is appealing to the...

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4 Students Arrested For Chasing Indian Minister’s Car

Four students were arrested for chasing Indian textile minister Smriti Irani's car and booked for stalking, using...

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Mixed Bag For Suu Kyi’s Party As Myanmar Ballots Counted

Aung San Suu Kyi's one-year-old government retained most of its seats in Myanmar by-elections Sunday but braced for...

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Menace of Rampant BLEVEs At Gas Filling Stations

The NPA, EPA and Fire Service must tighten their oversight of these oil and gas stations in terms of adherence to HSE...

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Suu Kyi’s New Govt Faces First Test At Myanmar Polls

Aung San Suu Kyi's government will face its first test at the ballot box on Saturday in by-elections around Myanmar...

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Defends First Year In Power

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi defended her civilian government's first year in power in a rare public address on Thursday,...

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What Do Myanmar’s People Think of Suu Kyi?

One year after Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party was sworn in as Myanmar's first elected...

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Myanmar Rohingya Militants Call For Peacekeeping Troops

A nascent Rohingya militant group whose raids triggered a bloody crackdown by Myanmar's army called Wednesday for...

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Myanmar Stumbles On Path To Democracy Under Aung San Suu Kyi

For decades Myanmar's people dreamed of democracy, but a year into office Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government is...