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...

Lessons from Garissa University terror attack, 10 years on
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 02, 2025

A security report at the time revealed that the attack could have been avoided and that some Kenyans, fearing for their safety, feared giving out info...

Ethiopian parliament amends law to grant one-year extension for Tigray interim administration
Addis Standard  |  Apr 01, 2025

The explanatory note attached to the amendment argues that this timeframe “does not align with the current reality,” emphasizing that resolving “extre...

Syria's president Ahmed al-Sharaa forms new transitional government
Reuters  |  Mar 30, 2025

Syria's new Sunni authorities have been under pressure from the West and Arab countries to form a government that is more inclusive of the country's d...

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...

Sudan's paramilitary RSF chief Hemedti says war with army is not over
Reuters  |  Mar 30, 2025

The RSF leader conceded in an audio message on Telegram that his forces had left the capital last week as the army consolidated its gains.

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...

Sudan's army takes major market as it extends control over capital
Reuters  |  Mar 29, 2025

The conflict between the army and the RSF has unleashed waves of ethnic violence, created what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian...

Butere Girls’ play 'Echoes of War' pulled from Western regional drama festival
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Mar 29, 2025

The school’s drama club has been instructed to disband, with its members expected to leave by Monday.

Wealthy nations owe climate debt to Africa – funds that could help cities grow
The Conversation  |  Mar 29, 2025

Africa is at the beginning of its urbanisation journey, the most rapid the world has ever seen. However, it cannot follow the same high-carbon industr...

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...

Isiolo leaders demand justice after shooting of MCA Burat Ward
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 27, 2025

Isiolo Governor Abdi Hassan Guyo condemned the attack, expressing his concern over the safety of political leaders in the county.

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.

Sudanese army drives rival RSF from central Khartoum, witnesses say
Reuters  |  Mar 26, 2025

With the army now re-establishing its position in the capital, it is making a new push to cement its control in the centre of Sudan.

Sudan's RSF squeezing relief supplies as famine spreads, aid workers say
Reuters  |  Mar 26, 2025

It also puts hundreds of thousands of people in the western region of Darfur at greater risk of starvation - many of them displaced in previous rounds...

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...

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