Battered, empty Myanmar town shows price of victory against junta

May 31, 2024 admin

Gutted buildings, vacant windows and blocks bombed to rubble show the price paid by the western Myanmar town of Pauktaw for victory against the junta in the country’s civil war. Fighters from the Arakan Army (AA) ethnic minority armed group took control of the fishing port of 20,000 people in January, as the conflict sparked…

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UN chief ‘alarmed’ by reports civilians killed in Myanmar air strikes

March 19, 2024 admin

People flee from a village after renewed fighting between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army (AA), an ethnic minority armed group, in Pauktaw Township in western Rakhine State in November 2023. File. | Photo Credit: AFP United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has said he is “alarmed” by reports of ongoing Myanmar military air strikes on…

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