Myanmar conflict

UN chief ‘alarmed’ by reports civilians killed in Myanmar air strikes

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UN chief ‘alarmed’ by reports civilians killed in Myanmar air strikes

People flee from a village after renewed fighting between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army (AA), an ethnic minority armed group, in Pauktaw Township in western Rakhine State in November 2023. File. | Photo Credit: AFP United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has said he is “alarmed” by reports of ongoing Myanmar military air strikes on … Read more

Ground Zero | Along the Indian-Myanmar border, living in a limbo

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Ground Zero | Along the Indian-Myanmar border, living in a limbo

Soon after the Tatmadaw, or Myanmar’s military, seized power in a coup d’etat in February 2021 by displacing the National League for Democracy (NLD)-led government, Sumi, 18, fled the country. She crossed the border into India and finally secured a job in Treasury Square, the administrative hub of Aizawl, Mizoram’s capital. Sumi was not too … Read more