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28 March 2013 - 4:15pmOperations Director John Ging expressed alarm today over continued inter-communal tensions in Myanmar, calling the security situation in Rakhine State “very tense and difficult.” “There is serious intimidation of aid workers,” said Mr. Ging briefing the press after a four-... -
22 February 2013 - 4:17pmTensions are still high in Rakhine State in western Myanmar, where inter-communal violence broke out eight months ago, leaving more than 115,000 people displaced and hundreds of homes burned. In this tense atmosphere, misperceptions have arisen that humanitarian agencies are limiting aid to one... -
27 July 2012 - 11:12amLast year, OCHA ranked Myanmar as the most at-risk Asia-Pacific country. It is vulnerable to devastating natural disasters, poverty and conflicts. Despite being a resource-rich country with a strong agricultural base, its population of over 50 million people are among the poorest in the world. Years of... -
3 April 2012 - 9:32pmTwo UN convoys have delivered emergency relief supplies to people displaced by conflict in areas of Myanmar’s northern Kachin State. The supplies, including a month-long ration of food, water-purification tablets, rehydration salts and basic medicine, have been delivered to some 3,300 people. Another...
