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• Mandalay supports displaced families
• UEC, press council to develop election reporting guide
• Mandalay students continue march despite warnings
• State of Emergency declared in Kokang
• UNA members question Union Day peace pledge
• CSOs discuss election observer fine print
• Armed groups delay informal peace meeting
• Blind school plans physio training

Mandalay supports displaced families Posted: 18 Feb 2015 12:15 AM PST Civil society organisations have been working with the Mandalay Region government to support migrant workers driven out of the Laukkai region of northern Shan State by heavy fighting. The authorities and the CSOs are helping them with food and transportation.

UEC, press council to develop election reporting guide Posted: 17 Feb 2015 11:43 PM PST Journalists covering the general election later this year will be given a "guidebook" jointly produced by the Union Election Commission and Myanmar Press Council (Interim).

Mandalay students continue march despite warnings Posted: 17 Feb 2015 11:17 PM PST A group of student demonstrators continued to march on Yangon yesterday, despite several other columns calling a halt on February 16 in response to government warnings not to enter the country's largest city.

State of Emergency declared in Kokang Posted: 17 Feb 2015 10:30 PM PST Myanmar on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in a conflict-torn border region, where ferocious fighting between the army and ethnic rebels has sent thousands fleeing airstrikes and fierce gun battles.

UNA members question Union Day peace pledge Posted: 17 Feb 2015 10:26 PM PST A pledge to work for peace and national reconciliation in the context of a federal union signed amid fanfare on Union Day by leading members of the government and armed forces and some representatives of ethnic armed groups has been dismissed as "meaningless".

CSOs discuss election observer fine print Posted: 17 Feb 2015 10:25 PM PST Electoral civil society organisations are continuing to work closely with the Union Election Commission in preparing for the general election later this year.

Armed groups delay informal peace meeting Posted: 17 Feb 2015 10:24 PM PST The Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team has delayed informal peace talks that were due to start in Chiang Mai today, in a move that is likely to push back the next formal meeting – and any chance of signing a nationwide ceasefire – to at least early March.

Blind school plans physio training Posted: 17 Feb 2015 10:21 PM PST The Kyeemyindaing School for the Blind is inviting applications for a three-month course for physiotherapy starting in March.

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