Tag: Myanmar unrest

Myanmar’s lost generation battles trauma, addiction at jungle rehab

October 31, 2024 admin

This photo taken on September 10, 2024 shows recovering drug addicts from Myanmar attending classes during a rehabilitation program run by the non-governmental organisation DARE Network (Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Education) at an undisclosed location in Mae Sot along the Thai-Myanmar border. | Photo Credit: AFP In a drug treatment centre in a wooden…

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Myanmar’s civil war has seen a devastating increase in attacks on schools, researchers say

July 20, 2024 admin

Smoke rises from debris and corrugated roofing of a school structure that was burned to the ground in Taung Myint village in the Magway region of Myanmar on October 16, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP An intensification of fighting in Myanmar’s civil war has brought a sharp increase in destructive attacks on schools, a group…

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Junta under pressure as fierce fighting breaks out in northeastern Myanmar

July 6, 2024 admin

New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered ceasefire and putting pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on multiple fronts in the country’s civil war. The Ta’ang National Liberation Army, one of three powerful militias that launched a surprise joint offensive last October,…

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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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