Burma’s ethnic areas all but peaceful despite recent ceasefire

In this file photo, a young female recruit of the Kachin Independence Army, one of the country's largest armed ethnic groups, participates in battle drills at a training camp near Laiza in Myanmar. Pic: AP.

by Michele Penna-1st November 2015

TWO weeks after a National Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) was signed between Burma’s central authorities and a number of ethnic armed groups, the country’s ethnic areas remain all but peaceful.

According to a dispatch by UNHCR, the United Nations’ commission for refugees, sporadic clashes between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burmese armed forces continue in Kachin State, the country’s northernmost province, forcing civilians to hide in forests.
Burma’s Ethnic Areas All but Peaceful Despite Recent Ceasefire by Thavam Ratna