Rohingya

Dec- 2024 -

12 December

Soldier of one of Myanmar's ethnic armed organizations

Myanmar Ethnic Armed Group Claims Control of Border Region

A Myanmar ethnic armed group has claimed complete control of a key region along the Bangladesh border, piling further pressure on the junta battling opponents elsewhere across the country.

May- 2024 -

24 May

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Some 45,000 Rohingya Have Fled Fighting in Myanmar: UN

The UN warned that escalating fighting in conflict-torn Myanmar's Rakhine State had forced around 45,000 minority Rohingya to flee.

Dec- 2022 -

5 December

Air

Alie Peter Neil Galeon

Bangladesh Sends Drone to Monitor Border with Myanmar: Report

Bangladesh deployed drones to monitor its shared border with Myanmar following tensions concerning a potential renewed Rohingya exodus.

Feb- 2021 -

1 February

Asia Pacific

A blockaded road to Myanmar's parliament in Naypyitaw on Monday after the military detained the country's leaders.

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Coup: What We Know So Far

The Myanmar military's seizure of power on Monday follows weeks of tensions with civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her government.

Jun- 2020 -

29 June

War

A Myanmar soldier guards an area at the Sittwe airport as British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt arrives in Sittwe, Rakhine state, on September 20, 2018

Staff Writer With AFP

UN Warns of ‘Intensified Fighting’ in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

The United Nations called for 'urgent measures to spare civilians' in Myanmar's conflict-wracked northwest on Sunday, saying fighting has intensified between the army and insurgents.