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Myanmar: UN chief urges return to civilian rule as crisis worsens

·February 2, 2025·2 min read

Following the coup, President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi were detained and the country was plunged into a humanitarian and human rights crisis that has only worsened amid an intensifying civil conflict. “Secretary-General António Guterres condemns all forms of violence and calls on all parties to...

Four years after the coup, Myanmar remains on the brink

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·January 30, 2025·3 min read

Myanmar’s Enduring Polycrisis: Four Years into a Tumultuous Journey, launched on Wednesday, points to the bleak picture of a nation in freefall, with nearly half the population living below the poverty line, essential services crumbling and the economy in disarray. With no political resolution in sight, the crisis is expected...

World News in Brief: Famine spreads in Sudan, deadly attack in Myanmar, Venezuela update

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·January 11, 2025·3 min read

The World Food Programme (WFP) provided lifesaving assistance to 7.8 million people, while the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reached nearly three million children with essential nutrition support. This was done in the face of an escalating crisis resulting from the brutal war between rival militaries which erupted in April 2023...

World News in Brief: Gaza medical challenge, justice for Africa, rising violence in Myanmar

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·December 16, 2024·4 min read

The situation is especially dire in North Gaza governorate, which has been under siege for more than two months, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said during his daily briefing from New York. Access to basic services has also been severely constrained, he added, noting that the UN agency that assists Palestine...

Arrest warrant sought for Myanmar Commander-in-Chief for Rohingya crimes

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·November 28, 2024·3 min read

The move, announced on Wednesday, follows a comprehensive investigation by the ICC into the 2016 and 2017 waves of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine province targeting the minority Muslim Rohingya community. “My Office has concluded that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Senior General and Acting President Min Aung Hlaing...

Looming famine in Rakhine signals wider crisis in Myanmar

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·November 11, 2024·4 min read

In a report released on Thursday, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) described the situation in the poverty-struck province as an “unprecedented disaster”. “A perfect storm is brewing,” it said, citing a combination of interlinked issues – restrictions on domestic and international flow of goods, hyperinflation, loss of livelihoods, dwindling agricultural...

Myanmar is spiralling, warns UN chief in peace call to regional bloc ASEAN

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·October 12, 2024·1 min read

The UN chief’s appeal comes as aid agencies warn that millions of people remain in acute need across Myanmar – particularly in the north, southeast and Rakhine state. Their plight has been made even worse by torrential rainfall and catastrophic flooding, amid a lack of humanitarian access and insufficient relief funding....

Over 5,000 civilians killed since Myanmar military coup

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·September 17, 2024·1 min read

At least 5,350 civilians have been killed, and more than 3.3 million displaced, since the military seized power on 1 February 2021, and over half the population is living below the poverty line mainly due to violence perpetrated by the national armed forces. Furthermore, nearly 27,400 people have been arrested,...

Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as world’s top opium producer

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·December 12, 2023·2 min read

The southeast Asian country’s opium output has surpassed that of Afghanistan, where the Taliban imposed a ban on its production in April last year – leading to a 95 per cent fall in cultivation, UNODC said. The area under opium cultivation this year is estimated to be 47,100 hectares, up...

Fighting engulfs over two-thirds of Myanmar, fuelling humanitarian needs

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·December 9, 2023·1 min read

Among those fighting the military are a loose coalition of well-armed ethnic militias, as well as the People’s Defence Forces (PDF) – an armed group supporting National Unity Government (NUG) and opposed to the February 2021 military coup, according to media reports. Telecommunication blackouts In a flash update, the UN...

World News in Brief: WFP ‘pauses’ north Yemen food aid, human rights and sport, Myanmar latest

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·December 5, 2023·3 min read

The region has been under the control of opposition Houthi forces since the internationally recognized Government were driven out of the city in 2015. WFP said that despite negotiating with the authorities for nearly a year to provide a more limited aid programme that would reach around 6.5 million in...

Myanmar: Intense fighting spreads to cities, as civilians seek shelter

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·November 19, 2023·1 min read

In the fighting so far, about 70 civilians – and combatants who are out of action – have reportedly been killed and over 90 wounded, according to the UN human rights office (OHCHR). The fighting has also fuelled a fresh wave of displacement, driving over 200,000 people from their homes...