Conference for Chin Famine Victims to be held at Tuipang Mizoram
Mawta Famine Relief Committee (MFRC) will hold 5-day conference at Tipa V (Tuipang V) town in Siaha (Saiha) District, South Mizoram for Mawta Famine victims in Chin State, Myanmar from January 17-21 this new year. Read more »
Posted: January 4th, 2009 under General.
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Miyzone’s Mautam Famine in Chin Hills Myanmar unpublished
Mizo blogger Miy.Zo.ne had published an article on ‘Mautam’ or ‘Mawtah’ Famine in Chin Hills Myanmar (Burma). Google alert has already delivered it to the subscribers, but Tluanga – the blogger chose to unpublish it. You won’t find the page anymore.
Posted: September 29th, 2008 under General.
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Rampaging rats bring starvation to Burma
By Bernadette Carroll (BBC News, Chin state, Burma) – In Burma’s north-west Chin state, thousands of people say they are starving. The Mara tribe say hundreds of their community have died in the past two months alone.
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Posted: September 26th, 2008 under News & Views.
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Video: Rats bring famine to Burma as junta turn its back
This is a video made by a reporter of the Telegraph newspaper in London, United Kingdom. It highlights the deadly Mawta famine that has swept Chin state in Western Myanmar and how Juntas are responding from Nay Pyi Daw, the new capital of Myanmar: Read more »
Posted: September 20th, 2008 under News & Views.
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No Mautam in Mizoram: state Minister
Mizoram Food & Civil Supplies Minister has denied any existence of famine in the state due to the flowering of bamboo and the subsequent rat menace that has left farmers no crops to harvest. Read more »
Posted: September 11th, 2008 under News & Views.
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US Mizos to hold Concert for famine ‘Mautam’ victims in Mizoram
WASHINGTON DC – In a bid to raise funds for mautam famine victims in India, a concert is being planned by Mizo Christian Fellowshi (MCF), USA. Popular music artists from Mizoram (India) are likely to be invited for the fund raising event. Read more »
Posted: June 6th, 2008 under News & Views.
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Comment on TOI’s ’29 dead as bamboo curse hits Mizoram’
The ‘famine related death’ news that had appeared in the largest circulated English newspaper in the country – The Times of India (TOI) has stunned people from Mizoram due to its inaccuracy and lack of proof thereof in the report. Read more »
Posted: May 26th, 2008 under News & Views.
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