ANKARA (AA) – A drone attack that killed over 200 fleeing Rohingya Muslims near the Bangladesh border on Monday has forced hundreds to return to their hometowns, while thousands are still taking shelter in paddy fields awaiting to cross into neighboring Bangladesh, according to a rights group. Risking their lives, a few hundred have move...
More than 13,000 Rohingya Muslims and hundreds of other residents have been forced to flee Maungdaw township in western Burma due to escalating clashes between the military and the Arakan Army. The Arakan Army, which seeks control of Rakhine state, has driven more than 15,000 people from their homes since Aug. 7. Many of the […]
A deadly drone strike near the border of Bangladesh and Burma has devastated the Rohingya community, killing more than 200 and forcing hundreds to return to their hometowns. The attack, carried out by the Arakan Army rebel group, targeted fleeing Rohingya Muslims near the Naf River, which separates the two countries. Despite risks, many Rohing...
Seven Rohingya people living in camps in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar district have been killed in landslides. Heavy rains have been continuing across the country for the last several days. As many as 1.2 million forcibly displaced Burmese nationals have been living in these camps since 2017 after fleeing a military genocide in ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s coral rich St. Martin Island is facing a food crisis as communication remains suspended due to intermittent firing from across the border with Burma, officials said. The small island of about 8 square kilometers is located in the northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal with natural beauty which makes [&hell...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Liz Throssell has called on Bangladesh and other nations to safeguard Rohingya refugees. This comes as there are ongoing clashes in Burma. Over a million Rohingya have sought refuge in Bangladesh; 45,000 have fled to the Naf River area near the border. Throssell says tens of thousands have been displaced...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP The United Nations has warned that the escalating fighting in Burma’s Rakhine State has forced around 45,000 minority Muslim Rohingya to flee, amid allegations of killings and burnings of property. “Tens of thousands of civilians have been displaced in recent days by the fighting in Buthidaung and Ma...
Approximately 30 Rohingya individuals were killed in recent clashes between Burma’s military junta and Buddhist insurgents. The violence escalated last Friday after junta airstrikes struck Buthidaung township, killing 12 Rohingya civilians. Insurgents later bombed a school where Rohingya sought shelter, killing 18 more people. Approximately 20...
