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Kenya issues safety advisory for citizens in Myanmar, Thailand after earthquake
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Mar 31, 2025

Citizens are advised to stay alert and follow local news and official updates for information on aftershocks and emergency response efforts.

Search for quake survivors intensifies in Myanmar, Thailand; death toll expected to rise
Reuters  |  Mar 31, 2025

A civil war in the Southeast Asian nation, where a military junta seized power in a coup in 2021, was complicating efforts to reach those injured and...

Woman rescued from Myanmar earthquake rubble as searchers race to find more survivors
Reuters  |  Mar 31, 2025

The quake devastation has piled more misery on Myanmar, which was already in chaos from a civil war that grew out of a nationwide uprising after a 202...

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...

Earthquake death toll in Myanmar jumps to 1,002 with 2,376 injured, State media reports
Reuters  |  Mar 29, 2025

Earthquake toll in Myanmar jumps to 1,002 with 2,376 injured

What caused Myanmar, Thailand earthquake? Science of damage explained
Reuters  |  Mar 28, 2025

The plate boundary between the India Plate and Eurasia Plate runs approximately north-south, cutting through the middle of the country," said Joanna F...

Strong earthquake strikes Southeast Asia, buildings collapse in Myanmar
Reuters  |  Mar 28, 2025

Witnesses in Bangkok said people ran out onto the streets in panic, many of them hotel guests in bathrobes and swimming costumes as water cascaded dow...

48 Kenyans stranded in Myanmar finally return home as 77 await repatriation
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 23, 2025

Authorities from Thailand, China and Myanmar had earlier dismantled scam centres along the border where thousands of foreigners had been trapped in fo...

Funding shortfall halts evacuations as Kenyans remains stranded in DRC, Lebanon
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 12, 2025

The Diaspora Affairs Ministry is requesting Sh120 million to repatriate Kenyans stuck in Thailand, Lebanon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)...

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.

Revealed: How armed groups, strict border rules are keeping 129 Kenyans stuck in Myanmar
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 07, 2025

Kenyan Ambassador to Thailand Kiptiness Lindsay Kimwole has revealed that Thailand has imposed strict regulations on foreigners stranded at the border...

Lebanon, Myanmar top list of migrant abuse cases as Kenya documents 234 victims
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 05, 2025

Appearing before parliament on Wednesday, Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua said the Ministry’s Secretariat has assisted victims of abuse in several coun...

64 Kenyans rescued from human trafficking stranded at Thai-Myanmar border
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Mar 03, 2025

The individuals were freed by two armed groups, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and the Border Guard Force (BGF), but are still unable to cr...

44 Kenyans stuck in Myanmar and Thailand as state lacks funds to bring them home
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 28, 2025

Many of those stranded were lured with promises of jobs that never materialised.

46 more Kenyans rescued from human trafficking syndicate in Myanmar
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 18, 2025

The Kenyans were among hundreds of foreigners trafficked into the country late last year and coerced into participating in online fraud schemes, inclu...

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Myanmar military leader over Rohingya campaign
Reuters  |  Nov 27, 2024

The ICC has issued several arrest warrants for serving national leaders including Netanyahu, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Sudan's Omar al-Bash...

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