Half of the population of Rakhine State in Myanmar is facing severe food shortages due to an ongoing civil conflict.

People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade ...

The WFP says that the state’s population has suffered from “prolonged conflict, severe movement restrictions, soaring food ...

Overview of the western state conflict shows ethnic army pushing for control of the capital but vulnerable to coastal ...

Myanmar's junta said Monday that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put ...

People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade ...

Caught between abuses by the Arakan Army and the junta, residents are starving and cut off from international aid in a region ...

Aid agencies are warning of starvation in war-torn Myanmar's Rakhine State, with the World Food Programme (WFP) making an ...

Till all resistance forces are united and agree on a future federal structure, it is difficult to foresee a new model of ...

Myanmar's government says it has ordered the military to "crush" rebels in the western state of Rakhine, following raids by insurgents that killed 13 police officers earlier this month.

Organisers of a summit in Myanmar's crisis-hit western state of Rakhine are this week pitching to investors its plentiful farmland and fishing grounds, tourist-ready beaches and historic temples.

Myanmar hopes the Rakhine State Investment Fair – the first of its kind – will bring money into the impoverished region. Civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who in the past has said economic ...