His family are among many Rohingyas, members of a persecuted mostly Muslim minority, who fled Myanmar’s Rakhine state in recent days, as fighting escalates between the troops of the ruling …
A brutal crackdown by the military in Rakhine seven years ago forced at least 750,000 Rohingya to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh for safety. Nay San Lwin said the AA also …
The May 20 incident at Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in which more than 1,000 refugees, mostly women, were involved, was the first public protest in Bangladesh against the abduction and …
The junta and the resistance have a limited window to make gains or hold their ground, as rain-laden monsoon clouds begin rolling across Myanmar around early June. Such weather particularly …
“The ethnic cleansing of Rohingya started in 2012 but at that time, not much of it was reported. So my family and I took asylum in India,” he said. The …
When the KMMT project was launched in 2008, it was scheduled to be completed in 2014 but was beset by multiple issues even before the military junta deposed the country’s …
Fighting in Myanmar raged close to the Bangladesh border on Sunday, with terrified residents reporting bullets crossing the frontier and the government saying guards had fled seeking shelter. Aid agency …
The days ahead are fraught with uncertainty, experts say, but one thing is clear: the junta now faces its gravest challenge yet. What is Operation 1027’s ultimate aim? On October …