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High waters in low-lying Pegu
Each year, as Burma’s monsoon season reaches its peak, stories of inundated fields, homes and entire villages pour into the DVB newsroom. Poor drainage...
Severe flooding drowns 1,000 homes in Hlegu
About 1,000 homes have been inundated in Hlegu, Rangoon Division, after heavy rains flooded the Ngamoeyeik creek and the Pegu River.
Level of suffering in Arakan ‘never seen before’: UN
A senior UN official has referred to the humanitarian situation in western Burma’s Arakan State as “appalling”, upon concluding a four-day visit to the country.
UNICEF emphasises Arakanese children over terminology
The primary concern for UNICEF is the plight of children in Arakan State, and not the lexicon employed to describe members of the community, says Bertrand Bainvel, the agency’s leading official in Burma.
Aid in Arakan at ‘bare minimum’
The international community has again issued urgent pleas to the Burmese government to restore humanitarian access in Arakan State, where critical health and supply services were largely terminated in late March.
Quintana plans Arakan visit in midst of anti-UN protests
UN Special Rapporteur to visit Arakan as protestors around the region demand that the UN, along with MSF and other international relief agencies, are forced to withdraw their operations.
