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• Health campaigners win backdown over military appointments
• President will not run in elections, but does not rule out second term
• YCDC elections set for overhaul
• First human trafficking case in Rakhine to head to court
• Flooded schools to reopen in Nyaungdon
• Nearly all Bangladeshi migrants repatriated
• President’s men to run as independent candidates
• Fury over NLD candidate list continues to spark protests
• UEC cautions parties ahead of August 14 deadline
• Officers resign to contest elections

Health campaigners win backdown over military appointments Posted: 12 Aug 2015 10:47 AM PDT A public outcry has prompted the Ministry of Health to announce it will no longer appoint military officials to its departments. The recent appointment to the ministry of 13 military officers, four of whom have no medical experience, prompted the launch of a social media campaign this week dubbed the "black ribbon movement" to protest the appointments.

President will not run in elections, but does not rule out second term Posted: 12 Aug 2015 10:34 AM PDT Fifty members of the government will contest the November 8 election as Union Solidarity and Development Party candidates – but President U Thein Sein has decided he will not be one of them, ending months of speculation but not ruling out the possibility of a second presidential term.

YCDC elections set for overhaul Posted: 11 Aug 2015 02:30 PM PDT In advance of the electoral fever expected to grip the country as the November poll approaches, democracy may finally be coming to Yangon. The commercial capital's first attempt at local elections late last year was roundly condemned as a farce, after a handful of voters elected a slate of unknown candidates to ill-defined positions. It was the first municipal election in Yangon for 65 years.

First human trafficking case in Rakhine to head to court Posted: 11 Aug 2015 02:30 PM PDT The government has accepted the first official case of human trafficking in Rakhine State, after maintaining for years that no such crime occurs in the poverty-stricken region.

Flooded schools to reopen in Nyaungdon Posted: 11 Aug 2015 02:30 PM PDT Schools in Nyaungdon township, Ayeyarwady Region, will reopen tomorrow.

Nearly all Bangladeshi migrants repatriated Posted: 11 Aug 2015 02:30 PM PDT Over half of the people rescued from human smuggling boats in May have been repatriated to Bangladesh, after a fourth group of migrants returned on August 10, local officials said.

President’s men to run as independent candidates Posted: 11 Aug 2015 02:30 PM PDT Two key government ministers, U Soe Thein and U Aung Min, will register as independent candidates in the November 8 election – and likely run against their old party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party, sources have confirmed.

Fury over NLD candidate list continues to spark protests Posted: 11 Aug 2015 02:30 PM PDT National League for Democracy supporters furious over the candidate list are planning on staging larger protests in Pakokku, even as local party members are expelled.

UEC cautions parties ahead of August 14 deadline Posted: 11 Aug 2015 02:30 PM PDT As political parties race to make last-minute amendments to candidate lists ahead of the final submission deadline this week, the Union Election Commission warned groups to stick to the electoral rules.

Officers resign to contest elections Posted: 11 Aug 2015 02:30 PM PDT Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has ordered more than 50 military officers, including a number of generals, to resign and contest the November 8 election as Union Solidarity and Development Part candidates.

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