Rohingya
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About 250 missing after boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes in Andaman Sea
Trawler set off from Bangladesh and reportedly capsized due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowdingAbout 2…
- Aid, Bangladesh, Food security, Global development, Global education, Global health, Human rights, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, World news
In the Rohingya refugee camps, we really want you to keep the gas running | Ajas Khan
Aid cuts mean the ethnically-cleansed refugees from Myanmar face a return to cooking over toxic flames, or kee…
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Dozens killed in hospital strike in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state
Conflict monitors say the junta has increased airstrikes year-on-year since the start of Myanmar’s civil warDo…
- Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, Global development, Human rights, Human trafficking, Law, Malaysia, Migration, Migration and development, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, World news
‘A generation lost at sea’: the desperate Rohingya falling prey to traffickers as they flee Bangladesh
Barred from work and school in Bangladesh, thousands of refugees are making the perilous voyage to Malaysia by…
- Aid, Bangladesh, Global development, Humanitarian response, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
No soap, no tents, no food: Rohingya families fight for survival as aid plummets
In Bangladesh, over a million people in the world’s largest refugee camp depend on aid – and cuts mean new arr…
- Africa, Aid, Bangladesh, Food poverty, Global development, Hunger, Kenya, Poverty, Refugees, Rohingya, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
World Food Programme halves food rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh
Decision made after attempts to raise more funds had been unsuccessful, agency tells authoritiesFood rations f…
- Bangladesh, Human rights, Muhammad Yunus, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, World news
‘We’ve lost all hope’: Rohingya trapped as Bangladesh closes Myanmar border
Muslim refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar are being detained and forced back by Bangladeshi border guards…
- Africa, Culture, Education, Global development, India, Language, Language resources, Languages, Nigeria, Rohingya, Science, South and Central Asia, World news
From Igbo to Angika: how to save the world’s 3,000 endangered languages
With half of all languages predicted to die out in decades, activists are turning to online tools to preserve …
- Africa, Israel-Gaza war, Médecins Sans Frontières, Migration, Palestinian territories, Rohingya, Society, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Voluntary sector, World news
‘A glimpse of hope’: how Observer readers are helping mend broken lives in war-torn lands
Médecins Sans Frontières workers have unique insight into the suffering of those they help, providing medical …
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We can be heroes: the inspiring people we met around the world in 2024 – part one
From an exuberant mountaineering woman to a boy representing unheard refugees, here are some of the brave indi…
- Children's rights, Global development, Global education, Human rights, India, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Education is survival’: parents of Rohingya refugee children fight for their right to go to school in India
Official attitudes are hardening towards the minority group amid an anti-Muslim crackdown, say activistsFor Ro…
- Bangladesh, Global development, Humanitarian response, Internally displaced people, Law, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, War crimes, World news
Thousands flee after Myanmar rebels use drones to bomb Rohingya villagers
Arakan Army targeting Muslim minority as Myanmar’s military are driven out of Rakhine, UN official saysThousan…
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Children among up to 200 Rohingya killed in Myanmar drone attack
Witnesses say people killed in artillery and drone attack that targeted civilians fleeing violenceMany dozens …
- Bangladesh, Global development, Human rights, India, Inequality, Inequality and development, Protest, Rohingya, Sheikh Hasina, South and Central Asia, World news
Sheikh Hasina: child of the revolution who eroded Bangladesh’s democracy
The sudden downfall of the world’s longest-serving female leader has ended one of South Asia’s most enduring p…
- Art, Art and design, Asia Pacific, Culture, Global development, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, Thailand, World news
Thai artist gives voice to Myanmar’s Shan refugees at Venice and Bangkok biennales
Themes of displacement and diaspora explored in collaborative textile project as part of The Spirits of Mariti…