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In India’s strife-torn Manipur, narrative battle is fought on social media

An ethnic conflict between the Kuki-Zo and the Meitei people has engulfed Manipur state in northeast India since early May [File: Amit Dave/Reuters]

Churachandpur, India – In early June, two men sat hunched over, working on laptops inside a partially constructed building in the Churachandpur district of northeastern India’s Manipur state.

A fire had been raging across Manipur since May 3. Several parts of the state, including Churachandpur, were engulfed in an ethnic conflict between the Kuki-Zo and the Meitei people, who are among the largest ethnic groups in the state, which borders Myanmar.

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