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, by Kyaw Zwa Moe
Myanmar is trapped in a cycle of disasters—one after another—not only natural disasters but also man-made catastrophes.
When a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on March 28, the ground shook violently, toppling homes, schools and temples. Sagaing, Mandalay, Naypyitaw (…)
, by THAN Tharaphi
Thousands were killed in 7.7 magnitude earthquake. Yet military generals were slow to agree to pause in civil war fighting, and continued airstrikes.
After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28. 2025, the country’s military and the myriad resistance groups fighting a yearslong (…)
Women’s Peace Network shares its deep despair with our fellow people of Myanmar, who were struck by a devastating earthquake last Friday.
Photo of damaged buildings in Naung Lin village, Shan State, where the Burmese military dropped bombs after the 7.7-magnitude earthquake had devastated the (…)
, par HENSCHKE Rebecca
Myanmar’s military junta has continued to bomb parts of the war-torn country following the major earthquake there, which has killed more than 1,600 people.
The UN has described the attacks as « completely outrageous and unacceptable ».
The BBC has been sent several images of damaged (…)
, by GOTTLIEB Gregory
When Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar 10 years ago, 140,000 lives were lost and 800,000 were displaced. The category 4 storm slammed into Myanmar’s low-lying Irrawaddy Delta, an area that usually escapes major typhoons. High winds and a 12-foot storm surge devastated the area, affecting millions. (…)
, by ZEITLYN Joseph
As the monsoon approaches a year after Burma’s cyclone catastrophe, the victims are still without support. Now, more suffering looms.
It has now been a bit over a year since Burma’s worst natural disaster on record, Cyclone Nargis, struck the Irrawaddy delta. Yet since that day, 2 May, the (…)
, by THI Awzar
Among the many people in Rangoon’s central jail who shouldn’t be there are a couple of journalists. These two did not write or say anything against the government. They didn’t do anything that constituted a threat to the army or its hold on power. Yet they were imprisoned on a charge of inciting (…)
, by THI Awzar
Among the many people in Rangoon’s central jail who shouldn’t be there are a couple of journalists. These two did not write or say anything against the government. They didn’t do anything that constituted a threat to the army or its hold on power. Yet they were imprisoned on a charge of inciting (…)
, by JAGAN Larry
The victims of Cyclone Nargis continued to be whipsawed by a corrupt and uncaring government.
Six months after the devastating Cyclone Nargis smashed into Burma, more than a million people are still living in misery, wondering when things may return to normal. They are likely to be (…)
, by AKIMOTO Yuki, Collective / Multiple signers
In early May 2008, the devastating cyclone Nargis hit Burma and her already vulnerable population. Many lives were taken and many more were forever changed by the loss of family members, friends, houses, and livelihoods. Despite heroic relief eff orts by fellow Burmese inside and outside the (…)
, by The Irrawaddy
WHEN Cyclone Nargis struck Burma’s Irrawaddy delta—a heavily populated and largely agricultural area that feeds much of this impoverished country—it was immediately obvious that a massive response would be required to avert a major humanitarian crisis.
But a month later, and after some of the (…)
, by CHO Violet
Cyclone Nargis affected everyone in the Irrawaddy delta, but it has placed HIV/AIDS patients under even greater physical and mental stress, according to social welfare groups in Rangoon.
A youth member of Burma’s main opposition party, the National League for Democracy, said many HIV/AIDS (…)
, by JOHNSON Mark
Media reports have neglected the most important source of aid to victims of cyclone Nargis - spontaneous donations from their fellow citizens.
With the Burmese regime continuing to deny the true extent of the catastrophe, and army factions vying to appropriate as much of the aid as possible, (…)
, by Min Lwin
The Burmese military regime is reportedly giving companies run by its cronies lucrative contracts to reconstruct areas flattened by cyclone Nargis.
The 43 companies entrusted with the reconstruction work include such regime-friendly enterprises as the Asia World Company, Htoo Trading, the (…)
, by Wai Moe
As calls for humanitarian intervention in Burma widen and gain momentum, analysts are asking, what would the country’s armed forces do—fight or take off their uniforms?
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in London on Thursday: "We will stop at nothing in trying to pressure the regime (…)
, by PETERSON Chris
“Ten days after Cyclone Nargis, Burma faces further crisis as its military regime refuses to acknowledge the plight of its people”, according to a statement released by seven pro-democracy groups in Burma on May 14.
“Aid has been so severely restricted that the Burmese people are now facing an (…)
, by BERTHELSEN John
China, hit by a massive earthquake, does what Burma doesn’t – go to the aid of its suffering people
Nothing underscores the criminal nature of the Burmese junta more than the contrast between its neglect of its people and China’s immediate reaction to the massive earthquake that devastated (…)
, by Associated Press
In the eyes of Burma’s military rulers, everyone is a potential enemy. Even foreign aid workers.
As the international community waits to deliver desperately needed aid to Burma’s cyclone survivors, it is getting a lesson in the mind-set of the country’s military rulers: reclusive, xenophobic (…)
, by Saw Yan Naing
The humanitarian watchdog organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Burmese regime on Friday to postpone Saturday’s constitutional referendum and concentrate instead on allowing international aid to reach victims of Cyclone Nargis.
It was time to “pull the plug on the referendum and open (…)
, by Min Lwin
Club-wielding members of a pro-regime citizens’ group attempted to hijack relief supplies in Rangoon, according to local charity groups and non-government organizations in the former Burmese capital.
A convoy of vehicles carrying rice to cyclone victims in Rangoon’s Thanlyin Township was (…)
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