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In the Burmese city of Yangon, Myanmar’s Buddhists watched a big screen as leader Aung San Suu Kyi spoke to the nation amid international criticism over the exodus of Rohingya from Rakhine.
Rakhine Buddhist villagers are now the only ones left in Inn Din, which used to have a population of 7,000 people, 90% of them Rohingya. Inn Din used to have a total population of around 7,000 ...
Rakhine Buddhist villagers are now the only ones left in Inn Din, which used to have a population of 7,000 people, 90% of them Rohingya. Inn Din used to have a total population of around 7,000 ...
The site lies in Rakhine state, an isolated region at the western corner of Myanmar, with poor infrastructure and, in recent years, terrible headlines.
New York, NY, September 14, 2017 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is deeply concerned about the ongoing violence and displacement across Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State. Over 400,000 people ...
Rakhine State, where violence has been escalating for two months after Rohingya militants allegedly attacked a border guard post on October 9, is spiraling into chaos. As I noted in a recent post ...
Myanmar's war-ravaged Rakhine state could face imminent famine according to a United Nations report, which estimates that more than two million people could be at the risk of starvation.
Arakan Army Takes Full Control of Northern Rakhine The Arakan Army, an armed group representing the Buddhist Rakhine ethnic community, has completely taken control of the northern part of Myanmar ...
Fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has surged in recent weeks, causing civilian casualties and large-scale displacement.
A spokesperson for Myanmar's military government has denied accusations that army troops and their local allies killed 76 people when they entered a village last week in the western state of Rakhine.