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ANALYSIS: As the general who led the coup against Aung San Suu Kyi’s government sheds his uniform to take over as president, analysts tell Shweta Sharma what it means for a country ravaged by a civil ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Politics: Myanmar: Rakhine state in dire straits as conflict rages on
Rakhine state in western Myanmar plays a key role in determining the outcome of the civil war that has been raging in the Southeast Asian nation since its military seized power in a coup in February ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Politics: Myanmar looks east again in search of legitimacy
Myanmar understands it needs to reach out to the world if it is to end its isolation and roll back the sanctions much of the West has levied against it. To this end, the men in green, now in civilian ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Politics: Myanmar’s Military Scripted Mandate, A Sham & Fake: A Political Reset That Deepens The Crisis
Amid the ferocity of the Israel–US and Iran conflict, the Myanmar military regime’s conduct of widely criticised and fraudulent elections, has largely escaped global attention. Paradoxically, this ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Politics: Renewed fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine over strategic port cities
Fresh fighting has broken out between the Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar’s military junta as both sides battle for control of the strategically vital port cities of Sittwe and Kyaukpyu in Rakhine State, ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Politics: Who is fighting in Myanmar’s multi-front civil war?
Alliances are fluid in Myanmar's civil war, involving a military regime, ethnic armed groups and pro-democracy forces.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Politics: Myanmar’s second shot at limited democracy
A new government will be sworn into office in Myanmar in April to run a ‘hybrid democracy’ in which military and civilian representatives will share power. It is Myanmar’s second experiment with this ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Politics: Indonesian activists target Myanmar’s president in genocide case against him
The complaint seeks to hold Min Aung Hlaing accountable for international crimes in an Indonesian court, following recent legal changes.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Politics: Myanmar: Military supremo taking over as president could re-escalate the civil war
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s taking over as Myanmarese president may apparently mark a transition to a civilian government, but there is no doubt the military will remain in full control while the ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Politics: Myanmar Risks Repeating History With the Arakan Army
When the Rohingya were abandoned in 2017, the price was paid by the entire country in 2021. If we ignore the AA’s abuses today, we will pay the price again tomorrow. Rohingya demand accountability ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Politics: Blind, one-sided and conspiratorial: How Indian media keeps getting Myanmar wrong
Triggered by the NIA’s arrest of seven foreign nationals, the media's frenzy of ‘CIA plot’ highlights a dangerous refusal to see Myanmar as anything more than a lawless security threat.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Politics: Beyond Aid: Rethinking the Rohingya response as food assistance shrinks
As the World Food Program recently announced that food assistance for Rohingya refugees could drop to as low as $7 per person per month under a new needs-based system, refugees in Bangladesh are ...