WorldYANGON, AFP -United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon will attend a landmark peace conference in Myanmar this month, an official and a rebel group said Monday, bolstering Aung San Suu Kyi's drive to end decades of fighting. Suu Kyi has made peace a flagship policy of her newly installed civilian-led government. It is a tall order in a country where the military, which is loathed by many ethnic rebel groups, still retains significant control. For the first time the peace talks will include non-signatories to the ceasefire. But since her election Suu Kyi appears to have developed a good relationship with the country's army chief.

Source: Sunday Times August 22, 2016 11:26 UTC