People flee fighting between the military and the Arakan Army in Rakhine State’s Pauktaw Township on November 19, 2023. (AFP)

Desperate Rakhine villagers scavenge for food as hunger bites

People in Rakhine State have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge.

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