Myanmar civil war Stories

UN urges aid to Myanmar quake survivors before monsoons hit, death toll climbs towards 3,000
Reuters  |  Apr 02, 2025

Myanmar's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing said the death toll from Friday's 7.7 magnitude quake reached 2,719 as of Tuesday morning and was expected to...

Myanmar quake death toll hits 1,700 as aid scramble intensifies
Reuters  |  Mar 30, 2025

The junta chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, warned that the number of fatalities could go up and his administration faced a challenging situation...

Aid rushes into Myanmar after earthquake kills over 1,600, ravages cities
Reuters  |  Mar 30, 2025

The 7.7-magnitude quake, one of Myanmar's strongest in a century, jolted the Southeast Asian nation on Friday, leaving 1,644 people dead, 3,408 injure...

Myanmar quake death toll passes 1,600, as junta lets in foreign rescuers
Reuters  |  Mar 29, 2025

Friday's 7.7 magnitude quake, among the biggest to jolt the Southeast Asian nation in the last century, crippled airports, bridges and highways.

In disaster-stricken Myanmar, a desperate bid to rescue survivors with bare hands
Reuters  |  Mar 29, 2025

Friday’s quake, which measured 7.7 magnitude and has killed more than 1,600 people, has come at a vulnerable moment for the country, after four years...

The battle for Khartoum: tracking Sudan’s war over two years
The Conversation  |  Mar 29, 2025

The war has also triggered a massive displacement crisis, with more than 14 million people forced to flee their homes. Many have sought refuge in neig...

Who is Salva Kiir, the former rebel leading fractured South Sudan?
Reuters  |  Mar 29, 2025

Now a decade on, Kiir's administration has detained Machar, his longtime rival, threatening once again to ignite conflict in an impoverished country i...

South Sudan VP Machar's party trying to locate him after arrest warrant issued
Reuters  |  Mar 27, 2025

Foreign governments have warned that civil war could break out again in South Sudan following weeks of escalating tensions that originated in fighting...

South Sudan on brink of civil war as UN mission urges restraint amid reports of Machar's arrest
Mary Wambui  |  Mar 27, 2025

Dr Machar and his wife, Angelina Teny, were placed under house arrest on Wednesday night, an action that now threatens peace in the fragile nation.

South Sudan, Chad vow to protect themselves from Sudan threats
Mary Wambui  |  Mar 25, 2025

Chad condemned threats made against it by the same senior military official that claimed that N'Djamena and Amdjarass were legitimate military targets...

Sudan conflict: Latest in a history of coups, wars and instability
Reuters  |  Mar 21, 2025

The Sudanese army said on Friday it had gained full control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum, in one of the most symbolic gains in its fight wit...

Tensions rise in South Sudan as fragile peace accord teeters on the brink
Mwangi Maina  |  Mar 19, 2025

Amid cabinet reshuffles, arrests of senior officials in Juba, and a resurgence of militia activity in Upper Nile State, the risk of a renewed civil wa...

IGAD calls for ceasefire in South Sudan as regional leaders meet to address security crisis
Mary Wambui  |  Mar 12, 2025

IGAD’s Executive Secretary Dr Workneh Gebeyehu said the authority’s Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification will...

Inside Myanmar's online jobs scam centres where many Kenyans have been trapped
Mary Wambui  |  Mar 11, 2025

The stories of how the victims fall prey to their traffickers mirror those given by those who get trafficked elsewhere on tourist visas.

US orders its non-emergency personnel to leave South Sudan
Reuters  |  Mar 09, 2025

The United Nations rights agency said on Saturday that increased violence and political friction in South Sudan threatened the fragile peace process

South Sudan situation deteriorating at alarming pace - U.N. rights body
Reuters  |  Mar 09, 2025

Earlier this month, security forces loyal to President Salva Kiir arrested two ministers and several senior military officials allied with Riek Machar...

Sudan's RSF, allies sign charter in Nairobi to form parallel government, two signatories say
Reuters  |  Feb 23, 2025

According to the text of the charter, the signatories agreed that Sudan should be a "secular, democratic, non-centralised state" with a single nationa...

Sudan confirms plans by Russia to set up naval base in the Red Sea
Charles Adinda  |  Feb 14, 2025

Russia has stood by Sudan's military government on the international stage, using its veto power at the UN Security Council to block resolutions calli...

South Sudan lifts suspension of Facebook and TikTok
Reuters  |  Jan 28, 2025

The graphic images, which sparked violent protests and retaliatory killings across the country, have been removed from the social media platforms.

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