Young Rohingya men are being forcibly conscripted by both Myanmar’s military and rebel groups, as the ongoing civil war devastates their communities, displacing tens of thousands and leaving survivors to recount harrowing tales of violence and persecution.

The Rohingya crisis began in August 2017 when violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state forced nearly one million Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh.

Young Rohingya men are being forced to fight as foot soldiers on both sides of Myanmar’s brutal civil war - SPECIAL DISPATCH: Four years after Myanmar’s military coup sparked gunfighting, torture, rape and arson in Rakhine state,

Misrepresented images continued to swirl on social media around the unrest in Myanmar's western Rakhine state that is riven with ethnic and religious divisions. Burmese Facebook posts in January shared a photo of a violent scuffle they falsely claimed shows militants attacking a rival rebel group that controls large parts of Rakhine.

About 5,000 internally displaced people have returned to the western Myanmar border town of Maungdaw after the insurgent group that captured it from the military finished securing the town, some of those going back told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday.

After videos of two violent killings went viral online, the Arakan Army in Myanmar has admitted its troops killed two prisoners of war.

Myanmar’s rebel groups have made significant territorial gains against the ruling military junta over the past year. The armed group now controls key towns and strategic regions, posing the biggest challenge to military rule since the 2021 coup.

With the arrival of 22,000 tonnes, a total of 52,000 tonnes of atap rice have already been imported from Myanmar and another consignment of 30,000 tonnes of atap rice will come by the end of this month. The rest of the consignment of atap is scheduled to arrive in the middle of February.

Myanmar’s junta now only controls 21% of the country. Even if the regime can be ousted, there are increasing fears the country will split along ethnic lines.

A rickety wooden boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims landed Wednesday in Indonesia as the northernmost province of Aceh continued to receive the refugees fleeing persecution and political unr

Whatsapp Four years after the military coup which plunged Myanmar into turmoil, the country is facing an unprecedented “polycrisis,” marked by economic collapse, intensifying conflict, complex climate hazards and deepening poverty,

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