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Rakhine Volunteers carry an injured Rakhine ethnic woman as they arrive to Sittwe Hospital in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Western Myanmar, 24 August 2019. According to reports, three people died and several others are injured after heavy weapons and bullets hit the houses in the village of Pyan Mraung near Min Bya township during clashes between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) on 24 August. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
August 27, 2019
An explosion from a stray artillery shell killed three Myanmar children and injured four other civilians on Saturday in a village near Minbya...
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August 27, 2019
Myanmar authorities seized 762 kg of ICE worth over 19 billion kyats in Shan state, Xinhua reported. A total of 38 bags filled with ICE were...
August 27, 2019
Three landmines were exploded in the conflict ridden town of Maungdaw in Arakan State of western Myanmar on Sunday, however nobody was injured in the...
August 27, 2019
Some 2,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kutkai, northern Shan State are in need of food after being displaced from their homes by fighting...
August 27, 2019
Of some 60,000 people internally displaced (IDPs) in Rakhine State due to armed conflict, civil society organizations say that those in some...
August 26, 2019
Myanmar’s Hindu refugees, numbering 500 in the refugee camps of south Bangladesh, wanted to return back on 22 August as it was decided by both Nay-...
August 26, 2019
Internally displaced people (IDPs) in northern Shan State’s Kutkai Township are primarily in need of rice as resources are running out, local sources...
August 26, 2019
Some 180 people sought refuge in the town of Namkham in northern Shan State after hearing the sound of gunshots and explosions outside of the town,...
August 26, 2019
The Tatmadaw troop positioned on a hill in the middle of Panmyaung village in Minbya Township fired artillery on the morning of 25 August, forcing...
August 26, 2019
If the Tatmadaw does not extend its unilateral ceasefire time past an August 31 deadline it will be important to reconsider how to move the peace...
August 26, 2019
A man from Pauk Taw Pyin village, Mrauk-U Township, who was returning home from tending his cattle, was shot by Tatmadaw troops. Four villagers met...
August 26, 2019
A woman from Tun Ra Wai village, Rathedaung Township, was hit by a stray bullet on the morning of 23 August and was rushed to Sittwe hospital for...