State Govt set to nip Muivah’s proposed visit in the bud By Our Staff Reporter Sangai Express. IMPHAL, Apr 30 : Obser-ving that the proposed visit of NSCN-IM general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah to his birthplace Somdal in Ukhrul district and other Naga inhabited areas of Manipur to hold consul-tative meetings may cause social unrest, the State Cabinet, which met today Read more

Naga Talks: ‘13 years, no breakthrough’ Dimapur, April 26 (MExN): The Naga-India political dialogue is already into its 13th year without “any positive approach,” the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) said today “The Naga-India political dialogue is running into its thirteenth year without any positive approach forthcoming from the government of India. Does the government of India think Read more

‘Naga MLAs asked to resign’ Imphal | April 26 : Naga frontal organizations under the banner of the United Naga Council (UNC) have resolved today in Senapati to serve a letter each to all the Naga MLAs in Manipur to tender their resignations immediately. Also, the All Naga Students’ Association of Manipur (ANSAM) has decided to take up more drastic Read more

Kachins Gear up for War, Peace By TINI TRAN / AP WRITER LAIZA, Kachin State—Crawling on their bellies, the recruits inch through a field, dragging wooden rifles. A whistle blows, and they scramble to their knees, pulling the pins from imaginary grenades before lobbing them. Dropping flat, they yell “Boom!” At a camp alongside a river, the next generation of Read more

Mon Prepare for Jungle Warfare By LAWI WENG Several leaders, officials and soldiers of the New Mon State Party (NMSP) held secret farewell parties over the weekend in state capital Moulmein, as they made preparations to travel to jungle bases in anticipation of an outbreak in hostilities between the Mon cease-fire group and the Burmese army, a source in Moulmein Read more

Wa Still Say ‘No’ to Border Guard Force By WAI MOE The United Wa State Army (UWSA), the largest armed ethnic group in Burma with more than 20,000 troops, is holding firm and refusing to join the Burmese military junta’s Border Guard Force (BGF). The junta’s plan is to put all armed cease-fire groups under the Tatamdaw (Burma’s armed forces) Read more

NSCN/GPRN questions Mulatonu’s stand Dimapur, April 18 (MExN): The National Socialist Council of Nagalim has stated that Kughalu Mulatonu’s statement against NSCN and particularly against Muivah is nothing new to the Nagas and that Mulatonu has been “prodded by India’s Intelligence Agencies (RAW & IB) to issue such statement to serve their interest”. It may be mentioned that at a Read more

Muivah resumes dialogue OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT New Delhi, April 17: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) resumed talks with the Centre here today and discussed differences over some points in the memorandum it had submitted earlier. NSCN (I-M) general secretary Thuingalang Muivah led a four-member team of senior leaders, including Rh Raising and Imcha Longkumer, to negotiate their demands Read more

Hope for early political solution DIMAPUR, APRIL 16 (MExN): After a hiatus of sorts from the local media’s spotlight, convenor of the Ceasefire Monitoring Cell Phungthing Shimrang came out expressing optimism about the outcome of the current talks with the government of India. “We want to see that solution come early”, said Shimrang a day after the ‘ato kilonser’ of Read more