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By AFP As civil war pounds Myanmar’s economy and drives up prices, garment worker Ma Wai Wai often starts her shift making clothes for international brands on an empty stomach. The orders she and thousands of others churn out for big names including Adidas, H&M and others bring in billions of dollars in export earnings […]
By AFP Beijing said yesterday that the head of a Myanmar ethnic armed group had come to China for “medical care”, after news reports in its war-torn neighbour said he had been arrested on China’s orders. China is a major ally and arms supplier of Myanmar’s junta, but is also thought to maintain ties with […]
By FRONTIER Frontier is aware that Thein Swe, a former senior member of Myanmar’s military intelligence, visited Beijing and met officials from two Chinese thinktanks in late October in his capacity as the chairman of a previously unknown Myanmar organisation, the Paragon Institute. There are credible reports that his trip was sponsored by Myanmar’s military […]
By AFP A global union announced yesterday that it had filed complaints against three major clothing brands – Next, New Yorker and LPP – over their alleged continued sourcing of garments from junta-run Myanmar. The Switzerland-based IndustriALL Global Union said that it and the two banned Myanmar unions Confederation of Trade Unions, Myanmar and Industrial […]
Victor Oko-Jumbo, Speaker of the factional Rivers House of Assembly, has assured that Governor Siminalayi Fubara will soon present the 2025 budget proposal. Oko-Jumbo disclosed this during the inauguration of ultra-modern community town halls and the flag-off of a scholarship/empowerment program in Bonny Local Government Area. “We will not be distracted by the enemies of […]
By AFP Myanmar junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing will travel to key ally China this week, both countries said Monday, in his first known trip there since seizing power in a 2021 coup. China is a major ally and arms supplier of the junta and analysts say Beijing also maintains ties with some […]
By AFP In a drug treatment centre in a wooden stilt house deep in the Thai jungle, young refugees from Myanmar wait patiently for the prick of an acupuncture needle. They are among the thousands who have become addicted to methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs that have flooded camps housing those forced to flee their […]
The Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to rescind his threat to arrest beggars in Abuja. The group warned that failure to do so will result in legal action. Advertisement Wike had declared war on beggars in the nation’s capital during the flag-off ceremony […]
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to implementing the Supreme Court’s judgment on Local Government autonomy. Speaking in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Tuesday, Fagbemi insisted that the judgment is non-negotiable and that all parties must comply. Advertisement “The position is that… the judgment […]
Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, has vehemently denied allegations of involvement in an illicit affair with a married woman. His denial comes after the Kano State Hisbah Board confirmed his arrest at an uncompleted building with the woman on Friday. Advertisement The Hisbah Board’s Director General, Dr. Abba Sufi, stated the […]