More than a month after the devastating March 28 earthquake, exhausted relief workers in Mandalay and nearby areas continue to toil in difficult conditions that have left some of them traumatised. We hear from relief workers who have been deeply affected by the death and suffering around them.
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More than a month after the devastating March 28 earthquake, exhausted relief workers in Mandalay and nearby areas continue to toil in difficult conditions that have left some of them traumatised. We hear from relief workers who have been deeply affected by the death and suffering around them.
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An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for marginalised communities, but impatience is growing as revolutionary groups trade blame for the delays.
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Ko Min said he found his son and daughter's bodies in the ruins of a schoolhouse in central Myanmar, moments after a deadly airstrike that witnesses said came as a military jet circled the village.
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Death, detention and dissolution have decimated Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's political party, easing the way for groups backed by Myanmar's ruling military to claim victory at elections expected next year, analysts say.
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A medical student who left Yangon for Kayah State reflects on the last year of tumult as fighting intensified, prompting her team of medics to treat wounded civilians, resistance fighters and even junta troops while avoiding airstrikes and disease.
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Myanmar will send a representative to a regional summit this week for the first time in three years, a diplomatic source told Agence France-Presse Tuesday, as the junta struggles to quell a civil war.
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The United Nations says patterns of abuse and gender-based violence have definitely worsened in Myanmar since the coup. In this feature, we profile a women’s rights defender who says women must play a meaningful role in building a peaceful future for the country.
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A close ally of detained Myanmar democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi died of leukaemia on Monday, a National League for Democracy source told Agence France-Presse, days after being released from junta custody on health grounds.
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Military regime forces are building fences and evacuating nearby villages to defend Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State. But they’re not allowing people to leave – even their own staff. One resident said “People are basically hostages.”
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Desperate for foreign exchange, the regime is taking harsh steps to enforce tax and remittance rules for migrants and making it harder for them to travel.
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Census takers guarded by police and soldiers took to the streets of Myanmar on Wednesday for a national survey that anti-junta groups have urged people to boycott.
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The junta says the population count will help prepare for an election but it’s more likely meant to flush out dissidents, in an exercise that is destined to flop.
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