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    Day: August 30, 2017

    Over 18,000 Rohingya fled Arakan violence last week: migration agency IOM
    August 30, 2017in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya85by REUTERS
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    Over 18,000 Rohingya fled Arakan violence last week: migration agency IOM

    Over 18,000 Rohingya Muslims, many sick and some with bullet wounds, have fled the worst violence to grip northwestern Burma in at least five years, while thousands more are stuck…

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    Locals oppose dam-building on Ngaw Chan Kha
    August 30, 2017in Kachin, Lead Story, Natural resources, News501by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Locals oppose dam-building on Ngaw Chan Kha

    The Ngaw Chan Kha is a tributary of the Mali Kha, one of two rivers that form the source of the Irrawaddy, Burma’s most important waterway

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    NGOs a source for explosive materials used by militants in Arakan: minister
    August 30, 2017in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya312by YE MON
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    NGOs a source for explosive materials used by militants in Arakan: minister

    The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday doubled down on an earlier accusation from the government that international and local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) played a part in the deadly attacks…

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    Don’t demonise India over Rohingya deportation, official says
    August 30, 2017in Lead Story, News, Rohingya568by THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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    Don’t demonise India over Rohingya deportation, official says

    Rights groups should stop lecturing and demonising India over its plan to deport some 40,000 stateless Rohingya and recognise that the country has treated millions of refugees from across the…

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