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A political crisis triggered by the military takeover makes life even more dangerous for those fighting to protect the environment. Htu Seng has spent the past decade defending the land and environment of her native Kachin State but it was only after the military seized power in a coup in …

An uneasy truce in the troubled western region appears to have collapsed with the military in open warfare against rebel groups. On the evening of September 25, in Nagara village in western Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State, Bu Wine and her family went to bed early. But a couple of hours …

在军队与反叛组织的公开战争中，一场在动荡不安的西部地区发生的令人不安的停战协议似乎已经破裂。

When Angelia Pranthaman walked on stage in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to unveil a new song written by her brother on death row, she told a story about the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. Like Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, Socrates was sentenced to death, but while awaiting his punishment the philosopher began to …

A month ago, the body of a man was found dumped by the side of the road in Myanmar’s central city of Mandalay. The victim had been stabbed multiple times, and his hands tied behind his back. Attached to a lanyard around the neck of National League for Democracy (NLD) …

一个月前，缅甸中部城市曼德勒的路边发现了一具被丢弃的男性尸体。

Displaced families have been camping out in tents, as critics say the government must deliver on promised aid.

Bangkok, Thailand – In early August, military officials assigned to Rakhine State by Myanmar’s generals summoned leaders from the mainly Muslim Rohingya community in Buthidaung township to a meeting on the banks of the Mayu River. The officials came with a warning: Rohingya villagers should cut off any ties with …

Recent skirmishes between Arakan Army and the military have raised concern about the stability of an informal year-long ceasefire. Since Myanmar’s military staged a coup against Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government on February 1, triggering mass unrest, the formerly restive far-western state of Rakhine has remained relatively peaceful. But …

Heavily pregnant women displaced by fighting risk their lives to give birth after being forced to flee their homes.

More than 6,000 people have been detained since the coup, and journalists are one of many groups being targeted.

随着缅甸军方致力于巩固其对一个抗议国家的控制，其越来越多地针对不同类型的抵抗者：打击为政治犯辩护的律师。过去一个月，缅甸各地至少有五名律师因为政治家和活动人士辩护而被捕，这是军方对司法系统的攻击升级。

As a decolonisation movement sweeps across Europe, there are efforts to return art looted by British soldiers in 1897. The story of the Benin bronzes is one Timothy Awoyemi, a British-Nigerian police officer, knows well. Like all schoolchildren in Nigeria, he was taught of the murderous 1897 raid when British …

At least 50 people killed as protesters continue to rally across Myanmar calling for an end to military rule.

Why did Myanmar’s military overthrow the government? And what does it mean for democracy?

Another peace conference has ended with little more than a plan to keep negotiating.

One evening, as Ma Nway* and her family were having dinner, soldiers from Myanmar’s armed forces, known as the Tatmadaw, came to her house and asked for her husband. According to her account, they blindfolded him, took out their guns and beat him in front of her. “At the time, …

More than 1.5 million people in Myanmar’s conflict-ridden areas have been politically disenfranchised after the country’s election commission scrapped voting in those areas in next month’s general election, deepening concerns about the credibility of the country’s first poll since Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) won a …

Comic series / Part 1: In Sierra Leone’s rural areas, far from hospital treatment, the majority of women and girls give birth at home. If complications arise the consequences can be life-altering.

Comic series / Part 2 - For many school girls in Sierra Leone, pregnancy means the end of formal schooling and an uncertain future.

Comic series / Part 4: In Sierra Leone, laws are vague, poorly defined and disproportionately affect women. When Tetteh arrived in prison she was 3 months pregnant.

Comic series / Part 3: In Sierra Leone, trust in healthcare facilities is low and traditional medicine can be a cheaper alternative. This can be deadly for mothers and their children.

What the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need is not more aid, but a way to return home to Myanmar safely.

Yangon, Myanmar – On the night of September 3, Thar Hla* was restless, and it was not just because he was sharing a concrete floor with approximately 70 people. “After hearing loud firing, I felt like the quarantine centre wasn’t safe,” the 32-year-old told Al Jazeera by phone from his …

In a country where most people visit healers, some are stepping in to bridge the trust gap between the old and the new.

Southeast Asian countries would have likely experienced a much less severe drought last year if it were not for China's dams, a new study says, prompting a pushback from the intergovernmental Mekong River Commission (MRC). The 4,000-km (2,485-mile) Mekong is one of the world's longest rivers - winding through China, …

Two deputy health ministers in Guatemala were fired this week amid revelations of an alleged corruption ring inside the ministry.

Mexico must release detained migrants vulnerable to COVID-19 and grant them temporary residence rights, a judge ruled.

Glasgow, Scotland - Non-coronavirus deaths in Scotland have risen since the pandemic took hold, amid warnings of "eerily quiet" hospital departments as vulnerable people miss out on medical care. Scottish deaths in late March and early April were 60 percent higher than the five-year average - with less than half …

A 90-day state of catastrophe is in effect to address the spread of COVID-19 in Chile, which has 238 confirmed cases.