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Myanmar conflict
Qatari Telecoms Firm Ooredoo Negotiating Exit From Myanmar: Report
By Sebastian Strangio
News that the Doha-based company is seeking to offload its Myanmar unit follows the exit of Norway’s Telenor earlier this year.
Military-Ruled Myanmar Facing Second Year of Negative Growth
By Sebastian Strangio
The risk assessment group Fitch Solutions predicts that the country's lost economic output won't be recouped until 2028.
Duwa Lashi La on the State of Myanmar’s Resistance
By Sebastian Strangio
“Despite the challenges, I have never seen a more promising time for our people to find common ground.”
Thailand’s Myanmar Policy Is Costing Communities on Both Sides of the Border
By Patrick Phongsathorn
The Thai government appears increasingly complicit in the Myanmar junta’s deadly reign of terror.
Decapitation Video Points to Increasing Military Atrocities in Myanmar
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
The grisly video may have been purposefully leaked in order to terrorize civilians and deter them from supporting anti-regime resistance forces.
Arakan Army on Collision Course with the Military in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
By Thomas Kean
While many hope that the AA will join the fight against the military junta, a return to war would be devastating for the people of Rakhine.
Myanmar’s Other Civilian Deaths
By Naw Theresa
As Myanmar's resistance intensifies its armed struggle against the military junta, civilians increasingly find themselves caught in the crossfire.
Myanmar’s Total Displaced Population Tops 1 Million, Says UN
By Sebastian Strangio
According to the U.N.'s humanitarian agency, 694,000 people have been displaced by conflict since last year's coup.
Myanmar Junta’s Reprisal Attacks Amount to War Crimes, Says Rights Group
By Sebastian Strangio
According to Amnesty International, more than 150,000 people have been displaced in Kayah and Kayin states since last year's coup.
How International Donors Can Better Offer Humanitarian Aid to Myanmar
By Shine Aung
If the world wants to help the country's people, it needs to work with the trusted – but poorly resourced – organizations in Myanmar's border regions.
Ethnic Armed Organizations Reject Myanmar Junta Peace Talk Bid
By Sebastian Strangio
Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing's promise of fresh negotiations is a transparent attempt to split the anti-coup resistance.
The Emergence of Civilian Resistance to Military Rule in Myanmar
By Jasper Picard
In a matter of months, the People's Defense Forces have evolved from rag-tag groups into organized, and increasingly well-armed, military outfits.