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The death toll from Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar exceeded 200 on Wednesday as people on the ground started clearing away debris and counting casualties, with many fearing the death toll will climb far higher as hundreds are still missing, The Irrawaddy reports. Mocha made landfall on Myanmar’s west coast in Rakhine State on Sunday with […]Continue Reading
Rohingya families in cyclone-hit Myanmar buried loved ones outside shattered villages and searched the seashore for the missing, expecting little help from a government that denies their identity, AFP reports. Cyclone Mocha snapped bridges, downed power lines and ruptured close-lying huts in displacement camps and villages across Rakhine state, leaving tens of thousands of Continue Reading
The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar rose to at least 81 on Tuesday, according to local leaders, officials and state media, as villagers tried to piece together ruined homes and waited for aid and support, AFP reports. Mocha made landfall on Sunday with winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, downing power […]Continue Reading
Southeast Asian leaders on Wednesday called for an immediate end to the fighting in military-ruled Myanmar in a bid to create space for dialogue and allow for aid to reach the public, DW reports. “We were deeply concerned with ongoing violence in Myanmar and urged the immediate cessation of all forms of violence and the […]Continue Reading
Thousands of security personnel maintained vigil in India’s restive northeastern state of Manipur on Tuesday as a curfew was relaxed after days of rioting and ethnic clashes killed at least 60 people and displaced 35,000. The violence in the state bordering Myanmar began on May 3 when tribal groups clashed with a non-tribal group, the […]Continue Reading