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(Corrects lede to 'military-backed government', not 'military government') Aug 17 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military-backed government has verified that nearly 309,000 displaced people in camps in ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Security: Myanmar says 309,000 Rohingya eligible for return, cites Rakhine security
Myanmar's military-backed government has verified that nearly 309,000 displaced people in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of the troubled Rakhine State, but repatriation will proceed only ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Security: Dhaka seeks fitting measures, security in Rakhine to avoid another cycle of displacement
, Sept. 6 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Sunday laid emphasis on creating conducive conditions in Myanmar's Rakhine State, with required security measures and the rights of ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Security: 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 » Security: 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 » Security: Russia and China block UN statement on Myanmar
Both countries blocked a proposed UN Security Council statement that would have expressed concern over the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state, UN diplomats say.
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Security: 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 » Security: Bangladesh-India Transborder Security Cooperation On The Rakhine – OpEd
The recent violent fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine state has created panic among the Bangladeshi population living in the bordering areas. The intensity of the conflict between junta forces and the ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Security: The Rakhine Conundrum: How Should Bangladesh Respond to Operation 1027?
Demographically, Myanmar is divided between the ethnic Bamar-populated heartland in central Myanmar and ethnic minority-populated peripheries in the northern, eastern, and western parts of the country ...
News Myanmar » Rakhine » Security: World powers must help save lives in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
In the last week of April, Bangladesh agreed in principle to a United Nations proposal to establish a humanitarian channel to Rakhine State in neighboring Myanmar, aiming to provide aid to thousands ...