Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Burma blames Islamist group for attacks in Arakan
Burma’s government says a group inspired by Islamist militants was behind recent attacks on police border posts in Arakan State.
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Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Army says it has evidence of RSO role in attacks
Burma’s army displays evidence that the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation, a group widely seen as defunct, was involved in recent attacks in Arakan State.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story News Opinion
‘Groupism’ and sectarian violence in Arakan
By not seeing ethnic groups like the Rohingya or the Rakhine as unitary collective actors, we are better able to avoid the trap of attributing collective responsibility.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
9 Burmese police killed at B’desh border
Burma says at least nine police officers were killed and four were wounded in multiple assaults on border guard posts.
Internal, external threats keep national alert level at ‘yellow’
The security risk in Burma remains unaltered due to domestic and international dangers, say police in Naypyidaw.
Burmese terrorist arrested in India
An alleged member of the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO), Khalid Mohammed alias Khaleed, was arrested by the Indian Investigation Agency in Hyderabad, India, on Monday. An alleged militant of the Jamaat –Ul-Mujahideen[…]
Four terror suspects arrested in Lashio District
Hsenwi local MP Sai Win Khine said “four Bengalis” were detained when police stopped a bus travelling from Lashio to the border town of Muse.
ASEAN Lead Story News Politics
World leaders gather in Burma for ASEAN summit
Southeast Asian heads of state join other world leaders in Naypyidaw for the 25th ASEAN Summit. But will the South China Sea islands dispute derail talks again?
Security tightens ahead of Naypyidaw summit
Police and military line the streets of Burma’s capital, ahead of the East Asia Summit.
Conflict Kachin Lead Story News Rohingya
KIO denies Rohingya army training, suggests foul play
The Kachin Independence Organisation has officially denounced claims that the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation requested any type of military partnership within the northern rebel territories.
Bangladesh, Burma reach agreement on border crisis
In a nine-point statement, the two countries agree to share information regarding border issues and establish a direct channel of communication between senior officials from both sides.
Bangladesh commander threatens Burma with ‘befitting response’
As the body of slain Bangladeshi soldier Nayek Mizanur Rahman was being transported home after an autopsy on Monday, the war of words continues between Burma and its western neighbour.
Lead Story News Politics Rohingya
Burma plays diplomatic card to diffuse Bangladesh dispute
Burma maintains that it shot and killed a guerrilla thought to be a Rohingya militant, but Bangladesh says one of its border guards is missing and wants to identify the body.
Tensions flare at Burma-Bangladesh border
Troops clashed at the Burma-Bangladesh border again as tensions boil over while Burmese soldiers were returning the body of a Bangladeshi killed in a skirmish two days before.
The Rohingya and the denial of the ‘right to have rights’
The Rohingyas remain one of the most persecuted and vulnerable communities in the world after state-sponsored exclusion policies made the group aliens in their own land
