Myanmar Signs Peace Deal With Armed Rebel Groups

• 10.15.2015, 14:55
•  World

Myanmar has signed a ceasefire deal with eight armed rebel groups, in the hope of ending decades of conflict, BBC reports.

President Thein Sein said the deal had opened up the "road to future peace" in Myanmar, also known as Burma.

But the most active of rebel groups have not signed the agreement, which comes after two years of negotiations.

Myanmar has been engaged in armed conflict with various ethnic and other groups seeking greater autonomy since independence from the British in 1948.