Analysis: Myanmar’s Rakhine State – where aid can do harm

BANGKOK, 3 July 2013 (IRIN) – The aid community should proceed carefully to avoid enflaming sectarian tensions in Myanmar’s Rakhine State more than a year after the first wave of inter-communal violence. HIGHLIGHTS     * Camps could worsen sectarian tension    *...

Myanmar to beef up anti-riot forces

By Agencies The Myanmar government will form more anti-riot squads and give them training in accordance with international standards, official media reported Thursday, citing a Myanmar Home Ministry official. Disturbance acts by illegal organization could negatively...