Myanmar Army Deployed in Maungdaw
In a surprise move, Myanmar Army leaders decided to dispatch an army battalion to troubled Rakhine State this week. The troops arrived in...
Irrawaddy
Aug 11, 2017
The Rohingya: Silent Abuse
Filmmakers: Salam Hindawi, Ali Kishk, Harri Grace Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has a population of around 51 million people. The...
Al Jazeera
Aug 9, 2017
Darfur Refugees in Eastern Chad: The Most Invisible Casualties of the Darfur Genocide
African/non-Arab refugees from violence in Darfur began to flee to eastern Chad well before the date conventionally used to mark the...
Sudan - Research, Analysis, and Advocacy 1
Aug 8, 2017
U.N. Warns of New Wave of Displaced Iraqis as Fight Against ISIS Continues
A group of people resting last month after fleeing the area of Mosul’s Old City still controlled by the Islamic State. Nine months of...
Nick Cumming-Bruce | The New York Times
Aug 8, 2017
Security Forces Prevent Clash Between Village Residents in Myanmar’s Rathedaung Township
Myanmar security forces patrol an area of Maungdaw township in western Myanmar's Rakhine state in an undated photo. Myanmar security...
!a Radio Free Asia 1
Aug 8, 2017
Myanmar Steps Up Efforts Against Nationalist Monks
By Joe Freeman FILE - Nationalist Buddhist monk Wirathu, center, marches to celebrate newly imposed restrictions on interfaith marriages...
VOA (Voice of America)
Aug 8, 2017
Pope Francis to make surprise visit to Myanmar on peace mission
Main impetus behind pope's visit is to help Myanmar make peace with the Roghinyas, says senior clergyman A priest hears confession in...
UN sees early warning signs of genocide in CAR
CAR was pitched into a war between Muslim and Christian armed groups in 2013 [File: Baz Ratner/Reuters] The UN is calling for more...
Reuters
Aug 7, 2017
Fearful and desperate: Future for Rohingyas in Myanmar Remains Uncertain
Children from Taung Bazar Rohingya village look on as a border guard stands in the background. (Photo: May Wong) She stood silently in a...
May Wong Asia Pacific
Aug 6, 2017
Myanmar Rejects Allegations of Human Rights Abuses Against Rohingya
FILE - Boys search for useful items among the ashes of burnt houses after fire destroyed shelters at a camp for internally displaced...
Reuters
Aug 6, 2017
Government dismisses claims of abuse against Rohingya
Hundreds have been killed in violence across the Muslim-minority Rakhine state since October [File: Simon Lewis/Reuters] A...
Al Jazeera
Aug 6, 2017
Japan Marks Hiroshima Anniversary, With North Korea on Its Mind
By Jonathan Soble Attendants observed a minute of silence during the 72nd anniversary memorial service for the atomic bomb victims at the...
New York Times 1
Aug 6, 2017
