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Voters queue to cast their ballots in the Rakhine State capital Sittwe, where voting went ahead on November 8 while most of the state was excluded. (AFP)

Fresh vote unlikely soon in Rakhine, but Japan’s Sasakawa deserves praise

A lull in fighting in Rakhine State should not be mistaken for a free and fair election environment, but the efforts of Japanese envoy Yohei Sasakawa towards supplementary elections may deliver other benefits.

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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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