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Rakhine rebels clash again with Myanmar junta troops: spokesman
AFP, Published on 07/02/2022
» A Myanmar rebel group said Monday that junta troops attacked its fighters in breach of a ceasefire, accusing the military of trying to destabilise the only region of the country that has seen no post-coup crackdown.
Rakhine rebels in first clash with Myanmar troops since coup
AFP, Published on 10/11/2021
» Myanmar junta troops have clashed with fighters from a major militant group in Rakhine state, breaking a ceasefire that kept the peace in the western region since the coup, a rebel spokesman said on Wednesday.
Myanmar police seize massive haul of meth pills
AFP, Published on 04/03/2019
» YANGON: Myanmar authorities seized more than 10 million meth pills worth US$13.3 million (423 million baht) over the weekend, police said Monday, another massive haul in a country widely believed to be the world's largest methamphetamine producer.
Myanmar transit camps sit empty as Rohingya fear return
AFP, Published on 30/06/2018
» MAUNGDAW (MYANMAR) - The transit camp in Myanmar's Rakhine state stands ready to welcome back 150 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh every day.
Rohingya militants massacred Hindus in last year's turmoil
AFP, Published on 23/05/2018
» YANGON: Rohingya militants massacred Hindu villagers during last year's uprising in Myanmar's Rakhine, Amnesty International said Wednesday in a report that sheds fresh light on the complex ethnic rivalries in the state.
Meth trade links Rohingya, Myanmar soldiers
AFP, Published on 10/05/2018
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Huge quantities of meth are seeding unrest inside Bangladesh's refugee camps, as jobless Rohingya turn drug runners for a criminal chain that stretches back to Myanmar - and the soldiers who drove them out.
First Rohingya family repatriated to Myanmar
AFP, Published on 15/04/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar's government said it repatriated on Saturday the first family of Rohingya out of some 700,000 refugees who have fled a brutal military campaign, a move slammed by a rights group as a PR stunt ignoring UN warnings that a safe return is not yet possible.
Fear and isolation for Myanmar's remaining Rohingya
AFP, Published on 05/04/2018
» MRAUK U, Myanmar: By the twisted standards of Myanmar's Rakhine state, Abdullah is one of its more fortunate Rohingya residents.
With Rohingya gone, Myanmar's ethnic Rakhine seek Muslim-free 'buffer zone'
AFP, Published on 16/03/2018
» KOE TAN KAUK (MYANMAR) - Buddhist flags hang limply from bamboo poles at the entrance to Koe Tan Kauk, a "model" village for ethnic Rakhine migrants shuttled north to repopulate an area once dominated by Rohingya Muslims.
Myanmar erects security posts on burned Rohingya land: Amnesty
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» YANGON - Myanmar is building security installations on top of razed Rohingya villages, Amnesty International said Monday, casting doubt on the country's plans to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees.