Myanmar Junta Announces Ceasefire To Facilitate Earthquake Relief Efforts
<p>Myanmar military has declared a temporary ceasefire after mounting pressure, as the earthquake death toll surpasses 2,800. </p>
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Myanmar’s military has announced a temporary ceasefire from 2 April to 22 April to facilitate relief and reconstruction efforts following last week’s devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake.
The junta’s decision follows unilateral ceasefire declarations by rebel groups, which the military had previously refused to match.
The disaster has claimed at least 2,886 lives, with hundreds still missing. The earthquake’s impact was felt across the region, including Thailand, where 21 deaths have been reported.
On Tuesday night, Myanmar’s military opened fire on a Chinese Red Cross convoy carrying earthquake aid in Shan State. The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) said troops used machine guns on the convoy, which was en route to Mandalay. The military denied directly targeting the vehicles, claiming soldiers fired warning shots when the convoy allegedly failed to stop.
China’s foreign ministry confirmed that the rescue team and supplies were safe and urged all parties in Myanmar to prioritise humanitarian relief.
Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis has deepened in the wake of the disaster, with international aid agencies rushing to provide assistance. However, tensions between the junta and resistance forces continue to threaten relief efforts.
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<h2>South African multinational corporation and mobile telecommunications provider,<a href="https://www.naijanews.com/topic/mtn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> MTN,</a> reportedly experienced a significant decline of 7.3 million active subscriptions in January 2024.</h2>
<p>Recent industry data indicated that this drop occurred as a result of complying with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)’s directive to deactivate SIM cards that were not linked with National Identification Numbers (NINs).</p>
<p>Naija News recalls that in December 2023, the NCC instructed all telecommunication operators, including MTN, Airtel, Globacom, and 9mobile, to implement a full network barring on phone lines without submitted NINs by February 28, 2024.</p>
<p>Subscribers who provided their NINs but were not validated were threatened with complete deactivation.</p>
<p>For unverified NINs with five or more connected lines, the NCC threatened deactivation would take place by March 29, 2024. Similarly, lines with fewer than five connections to an unverified NIN would be deactivated by April 15, 2024.</p>
<p>MTN's active subscriptions dropped from 87 million in December 2023 to 79.7 million in January, resulting in a loss of approximately 7.3 million subscriptions, as per the most recent NCC data.</p>
<p>In line with the NCC's directive regarding NIN-SIM linking, MTN announced that it has deactivated 4.2 million connections.</p>
<p>The company stated that it has verified a total of 19 million lines since the NCC implemented a regulation in December 2023 mandating the disconnection of subscriber lines not linked to their NIN.</p>
<p>By February 28, 2024, <strong>Naija News</strong> understands that 4.3 million lines had been verified, while 4.2 million had been disconnected.</p>
<p>9mobile also experienced a decrease in subscriptions in January this year, with a decline of 135,788 to 13.7 million subscribers.</p>
<p>Despite the ongoing disconnection process, Airtel and Globacom observed slight growth in their monthly subscriber bases. Airtel welcomed 767,887 new customers, increasing from 61.8 million in December of the previous year to 62.6 million in January.</p>
<p>The number of subscribers in Globacom's database increased by 321,869, reaching a total of 61.9 million in December. This indicates a growth in subscriptions.</p>
<p>However, Nigeria's overall number of active mobile service subscriptions decreased by over six million in January 2024, totalling 218 million compared to 224.4 million in December 2023.</p>
<p>As a result of this decline in active connections, the country's teledensity, which measures the number of active telephone connections per 100 inhabitants in a given area, also decreased.</p>
<p>In January 2024, the teledensity stood at 100.75, down from 103.66 per cent recorded in December of the previous year.</p>
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