Churches Offer Shelter to the Influx of Refugees in Myanmar’s Kachin StateMay 19, 2021 — 05/19/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Since the Feb. 1 coup, which resulted in the demise of Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected civilian government, the fighting between the Burmese...
Displaced Chin Christians Begin New Life in YangonJanuary 29, 2021 — 01/29/2021 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The ongoing conflicts between the Arakan Army (AA) and the Tatmadaw (Burmese Army), together with the Coronavirus pandemic, have made the lives of minority...
More Aid Needed for Chin Christian IDPs and RefugeesOctober 27, 2020 — 10/27/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – On October 21, U.S. refugee and immigration advocates called for more help for ethnic Chin Christians internally displaced in Myanmar, and those who have...
Boko Haram Uses Child Bombers in IDP Camp AttackAugust 27, 2020 — 08/27/2020 Cameroon (International Christian Concern) – Boko Haram, the terrorist group based out of Northeastern Nigeria, has again used children in their deadly attacks on civilians. This latest attack took...
Burkina Faso Doubly Suffers from Conflict and COVID-19August 25, 2020 — 08/25/2020 Burkina Faso (International Christian Concern) – Over the past year, Burkina Faso has seen a vast increase in violence from extremist groups in the north. The extremist groups have...
Fulani Militants Attack Christians in Kaduna State, NigeriaMay 25, 2020 — 05/24/2020 Nigeria (Morning Star News) – On Saturday May 16th 2020, armed Muslim Fulani militants killed two Christians and kidnapped two others in Kaduna state, Nigeria. The attack happened at...
Two Christians Killed in Villages in Adamawa StateMay 12, 2020 — 05/12/2020 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Two Christian villages were attacked very early this morning in Adamawa State, Nigeria. The villages of Gon and Bolkin are Christian Farming villages that...
ICC Delivers Medical Service, COVID-19 Prevention to IDP CampsMay 7, 2020 — 05/07/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Civil war has torn normal life apart in the borders of Burma for over 60 years. The sound of mortars is normal and the threat of...
Kachin IDPs Risk Their Health for Work During Coronavirus EpidemicApril 9, 2020 — 04/09/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Despite the Burmese government’s orders and lockdowns to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kachin state continue...
Rights Group Urges Myanmar to Protect IDPs from CoronavirusMarch 30, 2020 — 03/30/2020 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Although Myanmar claims to have only 10 confirmed cases of COVID-19, many question the government’s ability to reflect the actual situation and its capacity...
Boko Haram Displaces Thousands in Northern CameroonJuly 23, 2019 — 07/23/2019 Cameroon (International Christian Concern) – Boko Haram has been wreaking havoc and destruction across northern Nigeria and the lake chad regions of Cameroon, chad, and Niger for over a...
Kachin Groups, Burmese Government Discuss Safe Return of IDPsMay 26, 2019 — 05/26/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – Today, several Kachin groups will sit down with representatives from the Burmese government to talk about repatriation of internally displaced persons (IDPs), who fled...
Humanitarian Access Blocked for Myanmar’s Kachin StateMay 18, 2019 — 05/18/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – According to UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), in Kachin and northern Shan state, nearly 47,000 people have been temporarily displaced...
NGO Steps In to Help Relocate Kachin IDPsApril 8, 2019 — 04/08/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – A Japanese foundation has delivered a grant of US$300,000 to assist displaced Kachin communities in Myanmar’s Kachin state last week. In partnership with the...
Kachin IDP Women Sold to China as Child-bearerMarch 23, 2019 — 03/23/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The ongoing armed conflict in Myanmar’s northern Kachin state has not only displaced more than 100,000 people since 2011, it also created an opportunity...
There Are Still 40,000 IDPs Across 89 IDP Camps in Kachin StateMarch 15, 2019 — 03/15/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – According to Myanmar’s Union Minister Thein Swe of Labors, Immigration and Population, Kachin State currently has more than 40,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) living...
