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As Myanmar's military loses ground, Rakhine state plunges into isolation, ethnic strife, and a humanitarian crisis that threatens regional stability. Rakhine state in western Myanmar plays a key role ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: Myanmar says over 300,000 Rohingya refugees verified for repatriation as exodus enters ninth year
Myanmar’s military-backed government says it has verified that more than 300,000 Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of western Rakhine state.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns
FILE - Rohingya refugees gather near a fence during a government organized media tour, to a no-man's land between Myanmar and Bangladesh, near Taungpyolatyar village, Maung Daw, northern Rakhine State ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: Rohingya refugees rally in Bangladesh camps to demand safe return to Myanmar
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in dozens of camps in Bangladesh held a rally Tuesday to demand their safe return to their home state, nine ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: At least 30 killed in Myanmar after junta airstrike hits hospital, witnesses report
At least 30 people were killed, including patients, after an airstrike by the country’s ruling junta hit a major hospital in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, according to a rebel group, an aid worker ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: Myanmar’s junta reinforcing troops in 3 Rakhine towns ahead of expected rebel attacks
Myanmar’s junta is desperately reinforcing its troops in three of the five remaining townships it still controls in the western state of Rakhine while rebel forces intensify an offensive to seize the ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: 4 Per Day: Civilian Casualties Surge as Regime Targets Rakhine Communities
Civilian casualties soar to an average four per day in July and August as regime intensifies airstrikes on residential areas, killing at least 53.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: Myanmar bishop laments deaths, suffering in Rakhine State
A Catholic bishop in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has expressed grief over a mounting death toll and public suffering due to displacement, hunger and forced conscription amid escalating fighting between ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: How a UNHCR Employee Died After Being Tortured by Myanmar’s Military
At least 10 people were reportedly murdered or went missing at Buthidaung town in Myanmar’s Rakhine State during the violence when the Arakan Army (AA) liberated it from junta control. Suffering the ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Events: Myanmar's War-Torn Rakhine Faces a Hunger Catastrophe, Aid Groups Say
Myanmar's War-Torn Rakhine Faces a Hunger Catastrophe, Aid Groups Say By Ruma Paul, Poppy McPherson and Devjyot Ghoshal COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) -After Ajib Bahar's six-month-old son fell ...