Conflict

Crisis in Covid ravaged Myanmar escalates as coup leader extends emergency

Yangoon: The political crisis in Myanmar has deepened as the general who seized power in a coup in February has named himself Prime Minister and declared extension of emergency rule to August 2023, according to media reports. more

Is the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army raising its head again?

Cox Bazar: The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), which operates on the Bangladesh-Burma border and is seen by its observers as those carrying out terrorist activities, is trying to&n ...

Myanmar doing too little to ensure displaced Rohingya return: UN refugee agency chief

New York : UN agencies together with the Bangladesh authorities have appealed for $877 million to support hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, where conditions are sti ...

UN experts decry torture of Rakhine men and boys held incommunicado by Myanmar’s military

New York, Sept 4 (JEN): Allegations of torture and ill-treatment leading to the death of ethnic Rakhine men and boys being held in incommunicado detention by Myanmar’s military, has ...

UN rights office urges restraint over intensifying violence in northern Myanmar

New York, May 16: The United Nations human rights arm has voiced deep concern over escalating conflict between the military and armed groups in Myanmar’s Kachin and Shan provinces t ...

UN appeals for nearly $1 billion to address ‘critical needs’ of Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh host communities

New York: To meet the urgent needs of nearly 900,000 Rohingya refugees and more than 330,000 vulnerable Bangladeshis in the communities hosting them, United Nations agencies and their hum ...

Rohingyas could face further violence if they return to Myanmar, UN adviser warns

New York: International crimes were committed against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and those who fled the country could face further persecution if they return now, a senior United Nat ...

‘No other conclusion,’ ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas in Myanmar continues – senior UN rights official

New York: The “frenzied” scale of unspeakable violence against the minority Muslim Rohingya community in Myanmar has shifted to a “lower intensity campaign of terror and ...

UN agencies helping Rohingya refugee camps brace for potentially devastating rains in southern Bangladesh

New York, Feb 28 (JEN): Against the backdrop of the fast approaching wet season in Bangladesh, United Nations relief agencies are working flat out to strengthen vital infrastructure and b ...

‘Hell on earth’ in Syria’s eastern Ghouta must end – UN chief Guterres

New York, Feb 27 (JEN): Syria’s war-battered east Ghouta, the troubled Kasais region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Northern Rakhine state in Myanmar, where violence h ...