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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...

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

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...

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.

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.

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