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Violent clashes have been ongoing in the northern part of Myanmar's Rakhine State since October 2016. Insurgent attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) have led to sectarian violence perpetrated by Myanmar's military and the local Buddhist population against predominantly Muslim Rohingya civilians.
The Myanmar civil war (Burmese: မြန်မာ့ပြည်တွင်းစစ်), [o] also known as the Burmese civil war, is an ongoing civil war since 2021. It began following Myanmar's long-running insurgencies , which escalated significantly in response to the 2021 coup d'état and the subsequent violent crackdown on anti-coup ...
Rwanda suspends a humanitarian aid pact with Belgium after Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot criticized Rwanda's military support for the M23 rebel movement in Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Euro Weekly News) Law and crime. 2020s European re-armament
Myanmar has been embroiled in armed conflict since 1948, when the country, then known as Burma, gained independence from the United Kingdom. [5] [6] The conflict has largely been ethnic-based, with ethnic armed organisations fighting Myanmar's armed forces, the Tatmadaw, for self-determination.
On 5 May 2022, Heyzer participated in a virtual meeting with Union Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management of NUG Win Myat Aye and ministry staff involved in humanitarian activities. [16] In so doing, she became the first international envoy to publicly engage with the National Unity Government (NUG). [17]
Stephen Landry, The Gardner News November 13, 2024 at 2:26 PM Police in Gardner responded to a politically motivated incident at a shelter for migrants in the city just days before the election.
The Rohingya conflict is an ongoing conflict in the northern part of Rakhine State, Myanmar (formerly known as Arakan, Burma), [37] characterised by sectarian violence between the Rohingya Muslim and Rakhine Buddhist communities, a military crackdown on Rohingya civilians by Myanmar's security forces, [38] [39] [40] and militant attacks by Rohingya insurgents in Buthidaung, Maungdaw, and ...
9 October – The Myanmar military launched an artillery attack targeting Laiza, a town in northern Myanmar that serves as the capital of the Kachin Independence Army. The attack hit Monlaike, an IPD camp located two miles away from Laiza, killing at least 29 civilians, and multiple were injured, including 13 children.