Rakhine people who fled Rathedaung township due to an ongoing conflict between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army, arriving in Sittwe on June 27, 2020. - Reuters
YANGON (AFP): The United Nations called for "urgent measures to spare civilians" in Myanmar's conflict-wracked north-west on Sunday (June 28), saying fighting has intensified between the army and insurgents.
The military has been battling the Arakan Army (AA) - - a rebel group seeking more autonomy for ethnic Rakhine Buddhists -- in Myanmar's Rakhine and Chin states since January last year.
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