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Myanmar junta to lose restive state to armed group
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/08/2024
» SINGAPORE - Myanmar’s junta is on the verge of being expelled from a western-most state bordering Bangladesh, according to a new report, marking the one of the biggest military losses since a 2021 coup led to renewed civilian conflict across the country.
Why Myanmar’s war matters, even if the world is not watching
New York Times, Published on 20/04/2024
» SEOUL — An escalating civil war threatens to break apart a country of roughly 55 million people that sits between China and India. That has international consequences, but the conflict has not commanded wide attention.
Shelling kills 12 civilians in Myanmar market
Reuters, Published on 01/03/2024
» At least 12 civilians were killed in Myanmar when artillery shells landed in a busy market in western Rakhine State, as the ruling military and anti-junta forces traded blame for the latest violence to rock the troubled country.
Myanmar junta imposes curfew amid surge in rebel-led fighting
Reuters, Published on 14/11/2023
» YANGON - Myanmar's junta has imposed a curfew in the western city of Sittwe, according to a government document and media reports, amid a surge in fighting on several fronts between the military and ethnic minority insurgent groups.
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.
Rohingya refugees face soaring hunger and crime after aid cuts
Reuters, Published on 20/06/2023
» LONDON: Every day 5-year-old Jannat hunts for bottles and cans in the Rohingya refugee camp where she lives in Bangladesh – when she collects enough, she buys a snack to stave off her hunger pangs.
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 cyclone relief faces hurdles
Published on 18/05/2023
» SITTWE, Myanmar: Residents in the capital of cyclone-ravaged Rakhine state queued for rice and drinking water as the United Nations negotiated with the internationally isolated Myanmar junta for access to hard-hit areas.
Cyclone toll in Myanmar's Rakhine state at least 41
AFP, Reuters, Published on 16/05/2023
» SITTWE: The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar's Rakhine state rose to at least 41 on Tuesday, local leaders said.