UN warns scenes in Myanmar mirror 2017 atrocities


People inspect the damage after bombardments carried out by Myanmar's military in Mrauk U, Myanmar's Rakhine State on August 26, 2025. - AFP

GENEVA: The humanitarian situation in Myanmar is worsening, the UN said Tuesday (Sept 2), decrying scenes reminiscent of the 2017 atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority that some countries deemed a genocide.

Rakhine State has been blockaded by Myanmar's military as it battles ethnic fighters in a many-sided civil war that has consumed the country since the junta toppled the democratic government in a 2021 coup.

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