The plight of Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya is intensifying almost eight years since hundreds of thousands fled persecution and ...

Described as the world’s most persecuted people, 1.1 million Rohingya people live in Myanmar. They live mostly in Rakhine state, where they have co-existed uneasily alongside Buddhists for decades.

The Arakan Army must now consolidate its unprecedented territorial gains in Rakhine State and contend with humanitarian, intercommunal and international challenges.

The tactic is regarded as a ploy designed to incite conflict between the Rohingya and the majority Rakhine population. The power relationship in Rakhine State: Myanmar military vs. the Arakan Army ...

Rohingya Muslims are an ethnic group who ... of people is disputed with some saying they are indigenous to the state of Rakhine in Myanmar while others contend they are migrants who came from ...

They say Bangladesh has been a victim of Myanmar's policy on the Rohingya, who fled in their ... there is a famine-like situation in Rakhine State, most of what is now being controlled by the ...

In November 2024, Reuters reported that between 3,000 and 5,000 Rohingya had been taken across the border into northern Rakhine state, many against their will. It is hard to imagine that the ...

It's a sea of makeshift bamboo shelters, home to more than one million Rohingya refugees - a mainly Muslim minority from Rakhine state in Myanmar. Some 700,000 fled their homeland back in 2017 ...