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Human Welfare

AP Exclusive: Rohingya say military cut off food in Myanmar

Feb 9, 2018

AP Exclusive: Interviews with recent refugees indicate Myanmar's military and Buddhist residents may be controlling food in order to force the few remaining Rohingya Muslims to leave

'They want to erase us.' Hunger used to target Rohingya

Feb 7, 2018

AP Exclusive: 'They want to erase us.' More than a dozen interviews by the AP with recent refugees show an increasing desperation among the dwindling numbers of Rohingya in Myanmar in the face of what the UN says may be a genocide.

Switzerland says it supports Kofi Annan report for Rohingya

Feb 6, 2018

Switzerland's president says his country supports the full implementation of the recommendations made by an advisory commission headed by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on resolving the Rohingya crisis

Saudi Arabia, at war with Yemen rebels, sends aid to nation

Feb 6, 2018

Saudi Arabia, which is at war with rebels in Yemen, also is delivering aid to Arab world's poorest country

Swiss president says Rohingya return must be voluntary

Feb 5, 2018

Swiss President Alain Berset says the return of Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Myanmar must be voluntary

India budget offers free cooking gas, health plan for poor

Feb 1, 2018

India's finance minister has announced a federal budget with a string of populist giveaways, from free cooking gas to a health plan for the poor, in an attempt to woo voters ahead of national elections next year

AP confirms 5 previously unreported Myanmar mass graves

Feb 1, 2018

AP EXCLUSIVE: Newly reported mass graves and the details of a massacre in a Myanmar village suggests more graves exist with more civilian victims of what has been called genocide of Rohingya Muslims

Indonesian president in Bangladesh to discuss Rohingya

Jan 28, 2018

Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is in Bangladesh to discuss bilateral issues and visit sprawling refugee camps for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar.

Philippine leader tells Suu Kyi to ignore rights criticism

Jan 27, 2018

The Philippine president says he pities Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi for being in the storm of international criticism over her handling of the Rohingya refugee crisis.

UN says 30 African migrants drowned off Yemen's coast

Jan 26, 2018

UN says at least 30 African migrants, refugees drowned after their boat capsized off Yemen this week