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Northern Rakhine was plunged into crisis after Rohingya militants raided police posts last month, unleashing an army crackdown that has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians.

Hindus once sold food to Rohingyas, spoke the same language and even cut the hair of their Muslim neighbours. But co-existence among the collage of ethnicities in Myanmars Rakhine state has been ruptured -- perhaps irreversibly -- by the bloodshed of the last ...

The Rohingya crisis -- where members of Myanamar's Muslim community have been driven out of their homes by the Myanmarese army's brutal repression -- is said to be the worst humanitarian crisis confronting the world today. About 40,000 Rohingya live in India, having fled Myanamar for fear of their lives. Ignoring criticism at home and abroad, the Narendra D Modi government plans to send the Rohingya back to Myanmar in a decision that overturns everything that this great nation has stood for for ...

Around 40% of Rohingya villages in northern Rakhine have been completely abandoned over the past month

Two Myanmar photojournalists arrested while covering a massive influx of Rohingya refugees from their country have been released on bail, but they cannot leave the country because the charges against them have yet to be dropped, police said today.Their ...

Bangladesh needs "massive international assistance" to feed and shelter the 436,000 Rohingya who have fled Myanmar in recent weeks, the head of the UN refugee agency said Sunday. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said there were "immense" ...

The team interacted the victims of violence that has taken place over the past four weeks in Myanmar. A team of various UNHCR senior officials and directors under the leadership of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Fillipo Grandi visited the ...

The exodus of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh seems to be casting a shadow on India's efforts to add new momentum to the BIMSTEC. As a large number of Rohingya took refuge in Bangladesh in the wake of the latest wave of violence against the community at ...

Myanmar minister for Ethnic Affairs Sai Kyaw Zaw today invited businessmen from Nagaland to visit Myanmar for business relation.Zaw said Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh share a land border with Myanmar.Speaking at the Connect North East ...