Burma had the unenviable distinction of being listed among Syria, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo as hosting 10 “conflicts to watch” in 2017, as compiled by Jean-Marie Guéhenno of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group in an article appearing in Foreign Policy on Thursday.
Guéhenno, ICG’s president and CEO, cited ongoing fighting between the Burma Army and multiple ethnic armed groups, as well as new and more alarming developments in strife-torn Arakan State this year, as reasons for ranking Burma eighth among the 10 most volatile places in the world.
The country did not make Foreign Policy’s 2016 “conflicts to watch” …read more
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
