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Armed groups say they won’t sign NCA in current form

February 27, 2017

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‘Hard to fight’: Weapon shortages hamper resistance groups

Pressure from China has forced ethnic armies in Shan State to stop supplying arms to resistance groups in Myanmar's central Dry Zone, leading to scarcity of guns and ammunition among PDFs struggling to hold ground against the military.

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