A girl pushes a wheelbarrow with a bag of rice from the World Food Programme in a poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of Yangon on May 21. (AFP)
A girl pushes a wheelbarrow with a bag of rice from the World Food Programme in a poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of Yangon on May 21. (AFP)

Millions in Myanmar struggle to buy food as coup price hike bites

In a country which in normal times exports rice, beans and fruit, millions will go hungry in the coming months, the World Food Programme has warned.

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