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13 June 2013 - 3:20pmInter-communal violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in June and October 2012 displaced an estimated 140,000 people. Many fled to temporary camps where they have been living without adequate shelter or sanitation facilities. Continued tensions between communities means that these families are still... -
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... -
4 September 2012 - 3:45pmOn World Humanitarian Day this year (19 August) we celebrated the most basic principle of humanitarian work: People Helping People. For inspiration, and to remind everyone of the extraordinary things ordinary people are capable of doing, we asked professional aid workers to tell us a story about someone... -
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...
