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Around 1000 refugees who fled from 10 days of fighting Lone Jar Bum Kachin State,have issued an appeal for help

Around 1000 refugees who fled from 10 days of fighting Lone Jar Bum Kachin State,have issued an appeal for help

Food, clothing and other aids are urgently needed for displaced people from 4 villages who fled the battles at Lone Jar Bum Hill in Momauk Township, Kachin State. Fighting between the Military Council and the

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Sagaing IDPs Flee To Hpakant

Sagaing IDPs Flee To Hpakant

Many people have fled the war in Sagaing Region for a better life in Hpakant in Kachin State. But once in the jade-rich area, they're at the mercy of thugs hired by the big mining

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 IDPs Want MNDAA To Leave Kutkai Camp

 IDPs Want MNDAA To Leave Kutkai Camp

Civilians displaced from their villages by fighting are demanding that Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) soldiers leave their camp in Kutkai Township after the armed group reportedly beat two of the residents. Last week,

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IDPs In Bhamo Camp Return Home

IDPs In Bhamo Camp Return Home

Twelve families living in the Robert internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp in Bhamo have returned to their villages, while another 14 families plan to return once they receive six months of financial assistance. One male

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Some IDPs Returned To Villages In Kachin State

Some IDPs Returned To Villages In Kachin State

More than 400 displaced Kachin from 85 families, who were displaced by the fighting between the Kachin Independence Army and the Burma Army in 2011, were repatriated to their villages last week with the help

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Fighting Prevents Relief From Reaching Mansi Township IDPs

Fighting Prevents Relief From Reaching Mansi Township IDPs

Civilians don't have enough to eat after the fighting prevented them from farming and donors bringing aid to the camp for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp in Mansi Township, where they've been living for

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Kachin IDPs Hopeless After Losing Paddy To Drought

Kachin IDPs Hopeless After Losing Paddy To Drought

Villagers in an displaced camp in Myitkyina Township are facing additional hardships after drought led to the loss of ten acres of rice. ''They were expecting something from their rotational farm, but they got nothing.

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IDPs Return To Conflict Zone In Kachin State

IDPs Return To Conflict Zone In Kachin State

Residents of five villages affected by the conflict in Kachin State have returned home, not because it's safe there, but because they've little to eat in the internally displaced person (IDP) camps from which they

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Govt and Kachin CSOs Offer Different Support for Returning IDPs

Govt and Kachin CSOs Offer Different Support for Returning IDPs

No straight road lies ahead for hundreds of thousands of displaced Kachin who want to return home after being uprooted by conflict between armed groups nearly a decade ago. While the government is committed to

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More Than One Year After IDPs Return to Nam San Yang, Burma Army Removes Landmines From Their Farmland

More Than One Year After IDPs Return to Nam San Yang, Burma Army Removes Landmines From Their Farmland

The Burma Army removed landmines from nearly 100 acres of paddy farms owned by 98 families in Nam San Yang village in Kachin State’s Waingmaw Township last week. The 500 people living in Nam San