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Five dead, 40,000 evacuated in flood-hit Myanmar
AFP, Published on 11/08/2023
» YANGON: Floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains have killed five people and forced the evacuation of around 40,000 others in Myanmar, officials said Friday.
Myanmar junta-backed media slams 'rotten' United Nations
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» YANGON: Myanmar state media condemned the United Nations as "rotten" on Friday, days after the UN special envoy for the country stepped down and the world body slammed curbs on aid for cyclone survivors.
Cyclone Mocha death toll reaches 145 in Myanmar
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» SITTWE: The death toll from Cyclone Mocha has reached 145 in Myanmar with the majority Rohingya refugees, authorities said Friday, after the region's most powerful storm in more than a decade hit at the weekend.
Myanmar port city cut off in Cyclone Mocha aftermath
AFP, Published on 15/05/2023
» KYAUKTAW, Myanmar: A major Myanmar port city remained cut off from contact on Monday after a cyclone tore through the west of the country and neighbouring Bangladesh where it spared sprawling refugee camps.
Category 5 Cyclone Mocha set to crash over Myanmar, Bangladesh
AFP, Published on 14/05/2023
» KYAUKTAW, Myanmar: Cyclone Mocha intensified into a category five hurricane on Sunday, hours ahead of its predicted landfall in Myanmar and Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from the coasts were taking shelter.
Myanmar drinkers boycott military-owned beer brand
AFP, Published on 04/04/2022
» YANGON: When Japanese brewing giant Kirin called time on its Myanmar operations last month, the news made little difference to Kyaw Gyi -- like many drinkers, he had long boycotted the beer it produced with a military conglomerate.
US says Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya
AFP, Published on 21/03/2022
» WASHINGTON: The United States will Monday officially declare that the violence against the Rohingya minority committed by Myanmar's military amounted to genocide, a move cautiously welcomed by activists and members of the beleaguered community.
Myanmar's anti-junta resistance reaches out to wary Rohingya
AFP, Published on 12/07/2021
» SITTWE, Myanmar: A shadow government is breaking taboos in Buddhist-majority Myanmar by welcoming Rohingya into its anti-junta coalition, but many in the long-persecuted Muslim minority are wary after living through decades of discrimination and deadly violence.
Myanmar's conflict-scarred Rohingya on edge with return of generals
AFP, Published on 13/02/2021
» YANGON - Myanmar's stateless, conflict-scarred Rohingya community are on edge with the return of military rule, fearing further violence in a restive part of the country where others have shown support for the new regime.
Myanmar gang rape victim wins legal battle with military
AFP, Published on 18/12/2020
» SITTWE, Myanmar: After being gang-raped by soldiers, steely-eyed Thein Nu went up against Myanmar's powerful military in a months-long fight for justice -- a fight that paid off with a rare legal victory.