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Rohingya can return only if Myanmar’s ‘real citizens’ accept: army

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Rohingya refugees cannot return to Rakhine state until "real Myanmar citizens" are ready to accept them,…

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi meets Tillerson, UN chief on Rohingya crisis

  by Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse Manila, Philippines (AFP) -- Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi faced rising global…

UN chief meets Myanmar’s Suu Kyi on Rohingya crisis

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- UN chief Antonio Guterres urged Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to allow Rohingya refugees in…

Childhoods lost as Rohingya kids fill parents’ shoes

by Sam Jahan Agence France Presse BALUKHALI, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Tahera Begum walks a mile alone at dawn to collect…

US lawmakers seek to slap new sanctions on Myanmar military

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US lawmakers proposed sanctions Friday against Myanmar's military, in some of the strongest efforts yet by…

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi makes first visit to crisis-hit northern Rakhine

SITTWE, Myanmar (AFP) - Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived on her first visit to conflict-battered northern Rakhine State on Thursday, an…

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi makes first visit to crisis-hit northern Rakhine

YANGON ,Myanmar (AFP) - Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived on her first visit to conflict-battered northern Rakhine State…

Rohingya faces tell the agony of Myanmar exodus

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AFP) - The lines on their foreheads tell more than the forced smiles on the faces of…

UNICEF helps Rohingya children study in Bangladesh camps

COX'S BAZAAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) offers Rohingya children education opportunities in hundreds of schools…

Rohingya man refugee again 40 years after leaving Bangladesh

by Alexandre Marchand Agence France-Presse KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (AFP) - Nearly four decades ago Fazol Ahmed returned to his native Myanmar with his…

Myanmar’s army chief says Rohingya exodus ‘exaggerated’

 YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- The media has "exaggerated" the number of Rohingya refugees fleeing an army crackdown, Myanmar's commander-in-chief said Thursday, in a…

Mass cholera vaccinations begin in Rohingya camps

by Alexandre Marchand Agence France-Presse THANKHALI, Bangladesh (AFP) - The United Nations launched one of its biggest ever cholera vaccination drives…

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