Myanmar: UN rights office warns of growing crisis in Rakhine state
May 24, 2024 · The UN’s top human rights official on Friday raised alarm over the escalating violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state between junta and opposition forces amid reports of the military regime...
An ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claims to have …
2 days ago · The capture by the Arakan Army of a strategically important regional army headquarters in Rakhine state would put it a step closer to seizing control of the entire state, a goal not achieved by any of the several other rebel groups in other parts of Myanmar. Rakhine has become a focal point for Myanmar’s nationwide civil war, in which pro ...
The strangulation of Myanmar’s ravaged Rakhine state
Nov 18, 2024 · Myanmar’s war-ravaged Rakhine state faces a humanitarian catastrophe just as the insurgent Arakan Army (AA) looks set to take almost complete control of the area from the border with Bangladesh down to the Irrawaddy Delta after a year of brutal armed conflict.
An ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claims to have ... - ABC News
2 days ago · This photo released by the Arakan Army, shows members of the Arakan Army posing for a photograph in front of the captured district police office in Ann township, Rakhine state, Myanmar, Nov. 29, 2024.
Rebels ‘capture junta western command in Rakhine state’
1 day ago · A Myanmar ethnic rebel group has captured a military regional command in Rakhine state, it said, in what would be a major blow to the junta. The Arakan Army (AA) had "completely captured" the ...
Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent …
Nov 8, 2024 · The U.N. Development Programs is warning that 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.
Myanmar's army is reportedly emptying villages in a western state …
Jun 11, 2024 · Reports from Myanmar say its military has been emptying villages on the outskirts of the capital of the western state of Rakhine as part of an evident effort to defend against expected attacks by a powerful rebel group that has captured most of the surrounding area.
Myanmar: Rohingyas in firing line as Rakhine conflict intensifies - UN News
Apr 19, 2024 · The UN’s top human rights official on Friday raised alarm over the escalating violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state between junta and opposition forces amid reports of the military regime...
Looming famine in Rakhine signals wider crisis in Myanmar | UN News
Nov 7, 2024 · Up to two million people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state face the dire prospect of famine, amid a broader economic collapse and worsening humanitarian crisis triggered by the military’s 2021...
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Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns