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t. e. The Rohingya genocide is a series of ongoing persecutions and killings of the Muslim Rohingya people by the military of Myanmar. The genocide has consisted of two phases [ 3 ][ 4 ] to date: the first was a military crackdown that occurred from October 2016 to January 2017, and the second has been occurring since August 2017. [ 5 ]
5 January – A military convoy was ambushed in Turaing, Rakhine State, by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army.Seven people were wounded. [1] [2]16 January – Rakhine protesters rioted near a government building in the town of Mrauk U, in Rakhine State, Myanmar, after a ban was issued by local authorities on an event that commemorated the anniversary of the Kingdom of Mrauk U's dissolution.
v. t. e. An indirect presidential by-election was held in Myanmar on 28 March 2018, after the resignation of Htin Kyaw. Members of the Assembly of the Union voted for his replacement. The election was the first by-election presidential election held under the 2008 constitution. Win Myint was elected president.
May 8, 2018. (2018-05-08) Myanmar's Killing Fields is a 2018 British-American television documentary film about the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar. Produced by the American investigative journalism program Frontline on PBS, it investigates the origin of the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar as well as the ongoing situation of the Rohingya people.
Conflict in Rakhine State. Part of the Rohingya conflict in the Myanmar civil war. Map of territorial gains made by the Arakan Army since 2023. Date. 9 October 2016 – present (8 years and 1 week) Location. Rakhine State, [ 1 ] with spillovers in Chin State, [ 2 ] Magway Region [ 3 ] and Bangladesh. Status.
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar is a special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations created in 2018 to respond to the Rohingya genocide starting in August 2017 and its effects in Myanmar. [1] According to the mandate established by the UN General Assembly in its resolution 72/248 in 2017, the Special ...
Miss Grand International 2018. Miss Grand International 2018 was the sixth Miss Grand International pageant, held at the One Entertainment Park in Yangon, Myanmar, on October 25, 2018. [1][2][3] María José Lora of Peru crowned Clara Sosa of Paraguay as her successor at the end of the event. [4][5][6][7][8][9]
However, in March 2018, the government of Myanmar violated the agreement by sending 400 Tatmadaw soldiers into KNU-held territory to build a road connecting two military bases. [119] Armed clashes erupted between the KNU and the Myanmar Army in the Ler Mu Plaw area of Hpapun District, resulting in the displacement of 2,000 people. [120]