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Myanmar army faces a new threat from armed ethnic foes who open a new front in a western state

Myanmar’s military government faced a fresh challenge when one of the ethnic armed groups it is fighting in the country's northeast launched attacks in the western state of Rakhine

The Independent UK

Myanmar jails photojournalist for 20 years on first day of closed trial

Sai Zaw Thaike was arrested in the western state of Rakhine while covering the aftermath of Cyclone Mocha.

Al Jazeera

UN agency says Myanmar has suspended international aid deliveries to cyclone-hit areas

A U.N. agency says Myanmar’s military government has rescinded its approval for international organizations to distribute food, shelter and medicines to thousands of residents in cyclone-hit areas in the country's west

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UN: Myanmar junta blocking aid to cyclone survivors

Myanmar’s military junta has suspended travel authorisations for aid workers trying to reach hundreds of thousands of people in the cyclone-ravaged Rakhine state, the United Nations’ humanitarian affairs office said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

'Mocha' action shows SAC's ability

The extremely severe cyclonic storm Mocha was a very powerful and deadly tropical cyclone, but technological advances, an early warning system and the effective action of the State Administrative Council (SAC) of Myanmar and the collective effort of the public saved thousands of lives across the Rakhine coast, and Sittwe,…

Bangkok Post

Concern rising in Myanmar that supplies needed for recovery from Cyclone Mocha are coming too slowly

As residents of Myanmar’s Rakhine and Chin states work to repair the devastation from last week’s Cyclone Mocha, concern is rising about whether the urgent needs for shelter, food, drinking water and medical assistance can be met before the onset of seasonal monsoon rains

The Independent UK

Deadly Storm Compounds Need for Aid in Myanmar

Residents at a camp for Internally Displaced Persons said cyclone Mocha had made hundreds of Rohingya refugees “disappear.”

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Myanmar says official death toll from Cyclone Mocha at least 145, says aid is being provided

Myanmar says the death toll from a powerful cyclone this week has burgeoned to at least 145, including 117 Muslim Rohingya

The Independent UK

Official death toll in Myanmar cyclone rises to at least 54

India is sending more aid to Yangon, but communications remain difficult, hampering the disaster response.

Al Jazeera

Survivors wait ‘in hell’ after Cyclone Mocha pummels Myanmar

Residents tell Al Jazeera of widespread destruction from the storm’s ferocious winds and say they have yet to get help.

Al Jazeera

Aid groups seek green light from Myanmar junta to access cyclone-hit state

Relief organisations were awaiting clearance from Myanmar's military rulers on Wednesday to access areas of Rakhine State devastated by a deadly cyclone three days ago, and deliver food and medicine to communities in urgent need.

Reuters

Cyclone toll in Myanmar's Rakhine state at least 41

SITTWE: The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar's Rakhine state rose to at least 41 on Tuesday, local leaders said.

Bangkok Post

Cyclone Mocha may have killed ‘hundreds’ in Myanmar’s Rakhine

Communications problems are making it difficult to assess the extent of the damage caused by the massive storm.

Al Jazeera

At least three killed as powerful storm batters Myanmar

At least three people were killed, 13 injured and more than 1,000 buildings were damaged when Cyclone Mocha pummelled western Myanmar, state-run media said on Monday.

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Bangladesh, Myanmar bracing as Cyclone Mocha set to make landfall

Bangladesh and Myanmar are bracing as an extremely severe cyclone is set to hit their coastal areas, as authorities told thousands of people in both countries to seek shelter

Al Jazeera

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.

Bangkok Post

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.

Reuters

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.

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Bangkok Post

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

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

The Guardian - AU

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

Bangkok Post

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

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…

Al Jazeera

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.

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