Looming famine in Rakhine signals wider crisis in Myanmar

Up to two million people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state face the dire prospect of famine, amid a broader economic collapse and worsening humanitarian crisis triggered by the military’s 2021 overthrow of the democratically elected government.

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Looming famine in Rakhine signals wider crisis in Myanmar

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