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BANGKOK--A powerful ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claimed Friday to have scored a major victory in the war against the ruling military, even as neighboring nations at a meeting in Thailand ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Government: Myanmar says bodies of 28 Hindu villagers found in Rakhine State
Myanmar government forces found on Sunday the bodies of 28 Hindu villagers who authorities suspected were killed by Muslim insurgents last month, at the beginning of a spasm of violence that has sent ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Government: 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 » Government: 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 » Government: Myanmar says 300,000 Rohingya refugees can return when Rakhine stabilises
Myanmar's military-backed government said on Saturday that more than 300,000 Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of western Rakhine state, and that it will accept ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Government: Myanmar's military has escalated airstrikes against civilians, UN investigation finds
A U.N. investigation has found that Myanmar's military is using low-cost aircraft like motorized paragliders and gyrocopters in escalating aerial attacks that kill civilians in the country's ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Government: Myanmar confirms nearly 309,000 Rohingya in Bangladesh, says security issues delaying repatriation
Aug 17 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government has verified that nearly 309,000 displaced people in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of the troubled Rakhine State, but repatriation will ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Government: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh mark anniversary of Myanmar exodus as conference opens
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in dozens of camps in Bangladesh marked the eighth anniversary of their mass exodus, demanding safe return to their previous home in Rakhine ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Government: Myanmar begins shuttering three Rakhine camps
Myanmar has started shutting down three displacement camps in strife-torn Rakhine state, a senior official said Tuesday, although it was not immediately clear where the inhabitants would go. Tens of ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Government: An ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claims to have captured a major regional army headquarters
BANGKOK — A powerful ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claimed Friday to have scored a major victory in the war against the ruling military, even as neighboring nations at a meeting in Thailand ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Government: Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Myanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ethnic group, could face an imminent acute famine, the ...