Many civilians forced from their homes in Paletwa Township are in urgent need of emergency support, a problem that’s only getting worse after fighting between Arakan Army (AA) and State Administration Council (SAC) has started up again in southern Chin State. According to Salai Myo Hteik, working with the People’s Administration Council in Paletwa District, SAC has been indiscriminately shelling and flying airstrikes after AA started attacking a vital hilltop base overlooking Sami (also spelled as Samee). Almost all of the town’s residents have fled since the violence began with most people heading north. There’s at least 300 people sheltering…
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The military regime tried to retake Khampat in Tamu Township, Sagaing Region, from resistance groups, launching airstrikes on the town for five consecutive days starting on December 10. Over 30 buildings, including a Buddhist monastery, have been destroyed by the bombing. “An airstrike burned some of the houses around the Buddhist monastery on the eastern side of the vehicle road in Ward 1 causing a fire to spread to other houses,” a resident told Khonumthung News. According to the National Unity Government’s ministry of defence, People’s Defense Force, special forces, district battalions, and alliance troops repelled about 200 State Administration…
Seminar to enhance global citizenship On December 7th, an international peace organization, HWPL, hosted a webinar titled ‘Civil Human Rights Webinar for National Development’ in Rwanda. HWPL global branch 04 organized the event to raise awareness about the necessity of peace institutionalization for national development in Rwanda and to encourage people to participate in HWPL’s activities by realizing the necessity of HWPL’s peace project and the value of the ‘Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW)’, an international law for peace. The event, conducted via online Zoom meeting, saw the participation of approximately 15 Rwanda legal professionals, including current…
Fighting has escalated between resistance forces and soldiers from State Administration Council (SAC) in Sami (also spelled Samee) in Paletwa Township, located in southern Chin State. “I think 90 percent of residents have fled the clashes, with many people taking shelter in remote villages or hiding in the jungle,” said a resident. Clashes in the township have been happening everyday since December 14. Nearly all of Sami's 8,000 residents fled the following day when heavy shelling occurred upstream of a river named after the town. Those remaining are hiding in churches. Rumours have circulated that Arakan Army (AA) is attacking…
Raising awareness of the need to institutionalize peace in Cameroon On December 2nd, an international peace organization, HWPL, hosted a webinar titled ‘Human Rights Webinar for National Development’ in Cameroon. HWPL global branch 04 organized the event to raise awareness about the necessity of peace institutionalization for social stability and national development in Cameroon and to encourage people to participate in HWPL’s activities. The event, conducted via online Zoom meeting, saw the participation of approximately 15 Cameroon officials, including the Mayor of Buea, lawyers, professors in law and political science, students, and project managers from NGOs. They engaged in discussions…
Military forces under the State Administration Council (SAC) have killed at least 9 people and injured 35 others in Mindat Township through 67 airstrikes, artillery strikes and other attacks in 2023, according to Mindat Chinland Defence Force (CDF), a Chin armed group opposing SAC forces in southern Chin State. Ko Lauren, a member of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Management Committee for Mindat Township, reported that their village meeting came under artillery and airstrikes. He explained that SAC’s Infantry Battalion 274 in Mindat town frequently subjects them to indiscriminate shelling, especially when their ‘alliance groups’ are on the move. With…
The United League of Arakan’s (ULA) armed wing, the Arakan Army (AA), has been attempting to capture a crucial camp in Paletwa Township from the military regime. The camp, known as Num Bu, has been under attack by AA troops for nearly a month since the breakdown of a ceasefire with the junta’s State Administration Council (SAC). SAC, in response, has launched airstrikes and artillery attacks to defend the strategically located camp in southern Chin State. Clashes between AA and SAC have intensified in the region, with reports from locals indicating heightened confrontations. On Monday, AA successfully seized another important…
On Friday, Chinland Defense Force (CDF) launched an attack on a State Administration Council (SAC) camp in southern Chin State during a failed attempt to seize their camp outside the town of Matupi. “There were more soldiers at the camp than our troops,” explained a CDF information officer. Nonetheless, they seized the opportunity to inflict damage during the 9 am attack, he said, and killed seven of their soldiers, including a captain before safely retreating. Captain Phyo Min Htet was identified as one of the deceased. The resistance also captured 2 MA-3 rifles and an MA-5 pistol. It is unclear…
Soldiers from State Administration Council (SAC) detained people from the village of Hewa, outside of Sami in Paletwa Township in the middle of November. The individuals were picked up after Chin National Army (CNA) clashed with SAC troops near the area. An anonymous source told Khonumthung News that the victims are ordinary farmers who have nothing to do with CNA’s ambush on a guard station in Sami a few days before they were abducted by SAC. “I think they will interrogate these villagers about the clash that occurred near the town,” the man said, explaining that the four people were…
Chin armed groups have seized Rezua in Matupi Township, southern Chin State, the third town to come under the control of the resistance in the state since offensives have escalated in November. “Our objective was to liberate our town from the military council,” Salai Danny, in charge of Zotung Chinland Defence Force (CDF), told Khonumthung News, while explaining their offensives are a consequence of 1027 Operation, spearheaded by Three Brotherhoods Alliance in northern Shan State a month ago. He said they captured the State Administration Council’s camp and the town on the fifth day since launching its ZZLMS Operation. Each…