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WWF report on risks and opportunities from perspective of people living and working in the basin Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady River is both unique and special. It is one of the largest free-flowing rivers in ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » People: Millions at risk as Myanmar wells surpass WHO arsenic guidelines
Twelve million people in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta face serious long-term health risks from the harmful substance, arsenic, in their drinking water. The study, led by the University of Portsmouth, ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » People: Myanmar’s junta targets displaced people returning to embattled Rakhine state
In just over a year of fighting, Myanmar’s ethnic Arakan Army has captured 14 of Rakhine state’s 17 townships, defeating the military in battle after battle in a stunning advance. Amid the rapidly ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » People: At least 30,000 affected by Myanmar floods as conflict, crop losses threaten food security
At least 30,000 residents in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region are grappling with severe flooding as armed conflict, fuel shortages and crop losses deepen threats to livelihoods and food security. At the ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » People: Two-thirds of residents flee Myanmar beach town as rebels battle junta troops
Some two-thirds of residents of a beach resort town in Myanmar’s heartland have fled their homes amid fighting between junta troops and ethnic Rakhine rebels, sources in the region told RFA Burmese on ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » People: Myanmar: UN WFP pushes to reach flood-affected communities
In flood-hit Myanmar, UN humanitarians said on Monday that aid teams have begun distributing emergency relief to families affected by monsoon rains in the Ayeyarwady Delta. Some 500,000 people in the ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » People: Myanmar: Junta Troops Forcibly Recruit More Than 70 Young Men In Town
Authorities in Myanmar forcibly recruited more than 70 young men from a single town in the south-central Ayeyarwady region, residents said Monday, as the junta launched a new round of training for the ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » People: Myanmar issues food safety advisory for badly flood-affected areas
Rescuers attempting to mend a breach of the Ngawun River embankment in Laymyethna township in Ayeyarwady region, Myanmar. More than 40,000 people have been affected by flooding from July 30 to Aug. 7 ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » People: Irrawaddy-Flusskreuzfahrt: Along Myanmar’s Storytelling River
Burmese is the primary language spoken in Myanmar, and along the Ayeyarwady River many local residents speak little or no English. However, staff on organized river cruises and at most hotels serving ...