Rakhine State
Bodies in streets of riot-hit Myanmar town
Mar 22, 2013 02:43 EDT
Charred bodies lay unclaimed on the streets of a riot-hit town in central Myanmar, witnesses said Friday, as global pressure mounted for an end to the Buddhist-Muslim unrest.
At least 10 dead in Myanmar riots: MP
Mar 21, 2013 16:45 EDT
At least 10 people have been killed in riots in central Myanmar, an MP said Thursday, prompting international concern at the country's worst communal unrest since a wave of Buddhist-Muslim clashes last year.
At least 10 killed in Myanmar riots: MP
Mar 21, 2013 03:45 EDT
At least 10 people have been killed in riots in central Myanmar, a local MP said Thursday, in the worst communal violence since Buddhist-Muslim clashes in western Rakhine state last year.
Two dead, mosques destroyed in Myanmar unrest
Mar 21, 2013 00:36 EDT
Two people died and several mosques were destroyed in central Myanmar, police said Thursday, in the worst riots since Buddhist-Muslim clashes rocked western Rakhine state last year.
UN monitor urges Myanmar to tackle sectarian unrest
Mar 11, 2013 15:24 EDT
A UN human rights investigator on Monday urged Myanmar to reveal the truth about a wave of sectarian violence against Rohingya Muslims thousands of whom have sought refuge in neighbouring countries as boat people.
Tutu hopes for 'free' Myanmar in Suu Kyi meeting
Feb 26, 2013 09:25 EST
Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Tuesday he hoped to see a "truly free" Myanmar as he met fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi during a visit to the former junta-ruled nation.
Tutu hopes for "free" Myanmar in Suu Kyi meeting
Feb 26, 2013 06:36 EST
Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Tuesday he hoped to see a "truly free" Myanmar as he met fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi during a visit to the former junta-ruled nation.
Mothers, children flee Myanmar on desperate voyage
Feb 25, 2013 08:51 EST
Homeless, hungry and nine months pregnant, Nuru boarded a rickety boat filled with Rohingya asylum seekers fleeing a wave of deadly sectarian violence in western Myanmar.
Medical aid agency warns of 'emergency' in Myanmar camps
Feb 06, 2013 23:03 EST
Medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders warned on Thursday of a "humanitarian emergency" in strife-hit western Myanmar with tens of thousands of people unable to access urgently needed medical care.
14 dead, 33 hurt in Myanmar bus crash: police
Jan 23, 2013 08:14 EST
Fourteen people were killed and 33 injured Wednesday when a passenger bus plunged off the side of a mountain in western Myanmar, police said.
Red Cross chief upbeat after first-ever Myanmar visit
Jan 19, 2013 13:34 EST
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said Saturday he had received assurances of cooperation from Myanmar during the first-ever visit to the nation by an ICRC president.
Thailand arrests more than 150 Rohingya: police
Jan 14, 2013 05:50 EST
Thailand arrested and pledged to deport more than 150 Myanmar Rohingya migrants discovered in a hidden camp near the country's southern border with Malaysia, police said Monday.
Red Cross head makes first-ever visit to Myanmar
Jan 13, 2013 16:43 EST
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross arrived in Myanmar on Sunday to meet with President Thein Sein and other officials, the first-ever visit to the nation by an ICRC president.
13,000 boat people flee Myanmar, Bangladesh: UN
Jan 04, 2013 08:53 EST
About 13,000 boat people, including many stateless Rohingya Muslims, fled Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh in 2012 with hundreds dying during the perilous sea voyage, the UN said Friday.
US 'deeply troubled' by Myanmar violence
Jan 03, 2013 01:07 EST
The United States said it was "deeply troubled" by Myanmar army air strikes against northern ethnic rebels in the country's Kachin state.
Myanmar army uses airstrikes as conflict escalates
Jan 02, 2013 06:33 EST
Myanmar's army has used air strikes against northern ethnic rebels, sources from both sides said Wednesday, in an escalation of a conflict that has raised doubts over the country's reform drive.
UN has 'major concern' over Myanmar displaced
Dec 07, 2012 14:06 EST
A top UN envoy Friday raised concerns about the plight of hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes by unrest in Myanmar, after visiting camps in the country's conflict-hit west and north.
UN calls for access to Myanmar conflict displaced
Dec 07, 2012 00:27 EST
The UN's humanitarian chief has called on Myanmar to stop blocking aid to thousands of people displaced by conflict with northern ethnic rebels, raising concerns over welfare as winter draws in.
Rohingya camps in western Myanmar 'dire': UN envoy
Dec 05, 2012 23:41 EST
The UN's humanitarian chief has described conditions for thousands of displaced Muslim Rohingya in western Myanmar as "dire" and said both Muslim and Buddhist communities are living in fear.
UN begins airlifting tents for Myanmar displaced
Nov 23, 2012 11:15 EST
The UN's refugee agency said Friday it had begun airlifting tents to provide shelter for thousands of people displaced by sectarian unrest in Myanmar's western Rakhine State.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ် Rakhine State (Arakan Federal State) (MLCTS: rahkuing pranynai) | |
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| Capital | Sittwe (Akyab) |
| Region | West coastal |
| Area | 36,780 km² |
| Population | 2,744,000 (2000) |
| Ethnicities | Rakhine, Rohingya, Chin, Mro,Bangali people |
| Religions | Theravada Buddhism, |
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