Food, water, shelter needed for Arakan flood evacuees
The main townships affected are reported to be Minbya, Ponnagyun, Mrauk-U, Pauktaw and Kyauktaw.
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ECC, INGOs inspect Kaman Muslim IDP camps
The Emergency Coordination Centre, headed by Deputy Minister of Border Affairs Maj-Gen Maung Maung Ohn, has paid a visit to a displacement camp in Myebon Township near Sittwe, accompanied by UN and INGO representatives.
Fire destroys homes in Umphien refugee camp
Fire has displaced residents in the second-largest refugee camp on the Thai border.
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Fire breaks out at Rohingya refugee camp
Thirty-four wooden houses were burned down when an accidental fire ravaged a Rohingya refugee camp in Pauktaw township, Arakan State, on Thursday. No one was reported injured.
MSF suspends Pauktaw operations after ‘misunderstandings’
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), along with other international NGOs, is suspending operations in Arakan state’s Pauktaw township following what it has termed “misunderstandings” that led to tensions with local Arakanese Buddhists.
