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An unexploded ammunition lies on a field in Rakhine State's Rathedaung Township in February 2019, after a fresh round of fighting between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army, which on Monday confirmed it had abducted three candidates from the ruling National League for Democracy in the south of the state, weeks before the November election. (AFP)

Rakhine armed group admits Myanmar election abductions

An armed group in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state confirmed Monday it had taken three election candidates of Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling party prisoner ahead.

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Rohingya tell UN of Myanmar bloodshed, suffering

A Rohingya refugee who fled a military onslaught in northern Rakhine State along with 750,000 others in 2017, spending over seven years in Bangladesh, described Tuesday the endless cycle of violence and exile facing the mostly Muslim minority.
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