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The Latest Breaking News from Rakhine

Thousands evacuated as Cyclone Mocha nears Myanmar, Bangladesh

Fears for the safety of hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in path of potentially devastating storm.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar braces for Cyclone Mocha

SITTWE, Myanmar: Hundreds of people sought shelter and higher ground in western Myanmar on Friday ahead of a looming cyclone forecast to bring high winds and a storm surge to the eastern Bay of Bengal.

Bangkok Post

Families seek shelter in Myanmar as Cyclone Mocha approaches

Sittwe (Myanmar) (AFP) - Families in western Myanmar left their homes to seek shelter and higher ground on Friday ahead of a cyclone forecast to bring high winds and a storm surge to the eastern Bay of Bengal.

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Rohingya, Bangladesh officials to visit Myanmar in repatriation effort

A team of 20 Rohingya Muslims and some Bangladeshi officials will visit Myanmar's Rakhine state on Friday for a day as part of a planned repatriation effort, a Bangladesh repatriation official told Reuters.

Reuters

Myanmar seeks friends to its west

After mortars landed on Bangladesh's soil as the Myanmar military attacked the Arakan Army (AA) in Rakhine State in recent months, soldiers from Bangladesh and Myanmar's junta met to mend ties.

Bangkok Post

More than 80 Rohingya detained in Myanmar: source

Yangon (AFP) - More than 80 Rohingya people seeking to travel by boat to Malaysia have been detained in Myanmar's southeast after traffickers abandoned them, a security source told AFP on Saturday.

AFP

At least 80 Rohingya detained in Myanmar

More than 80 Rohingya people seeking to travel by boat to Malaysia have been detained in southeastern Myanmar after traffickers abandoned them, a security source told AFP on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

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Civilians in firing line as conflict returns to Myanmar’s Rakhine

A truce in the troubled western region appears to have crumbled with the military in open warfare against rebel groups.

Al Jazeera

Five years after the crackdown, Myanmar’s remaining Rohingya ‘living like animals’

While 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar after 25 August 2017, 600,000 remain, facing harsh restrictions on movement, persecution and poverty

The Guardian - AU

Rare white elephant born in Myanmar

YANGON: Myanmar's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation on Tuesday reported that a rare white elephant was born in Taungup township of Myanmar's Rakhine state.

Bangkok Post

Rare white elephant born in Myanmar: state media

Yangon (AFP) - A rare white elephant has been born in western Myanmar, state media said on Wednesday, unveiling what many in the Buddhist-majority country believe to be an auspicious creature.

AFP

Cambodia, Asean need to step up in Rohingya crisis

Since August 2017, rampant persecution and violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state has pushed hundreds of thousands of Muslim minority people, known as the Rohingya, to abandon their homes and seek sanctuary in Bangladesh. According to the United Nations' estimation, 200,000 Myanmar civilians have already sought refuge in Bangladesh following prior…

Bangkok Post

ICJ to rule on Myanmar objections to Rohingya genocide case

If the objections are dismissed, the court can begin to discuss the evidence for the alleged atrocities.

Al Jazeera

At least 17 Rohingya, including children, killed in boat capsize

UNHCR expresses shock and sadness after incident in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Myanmar.

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Myanmar army denies Rohingya genocide, says some individuals may have committed crimes

Myanmar's military did not commit genocide against minority Rohingya Muslims during 2017 operations in Rakhine state, but crimes may have been committed by personnel on an individual level, an army spokesman said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Explainer: Who are the Rohingya?

The United States will Monday officially declare that Myanmar military violence against Rohingya Muslims that sent more than 700,000 fleeing amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity.

Bangkok Post

Rakhine rebels clash again with Myanmar junta troops: spokesman

A Myanmar rebel group said Monday that junta troops attacked its fighters in breach of a ceasefire, accusing the military of trying to destabilise the only region of the country that has seen no post-coup crackdown.

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