Red Cross pushes for aid corridors into war-torn Myanmar


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  • Wednesday, 11 Sep 2024

Rohingya refugee children roam on a road at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, June 25, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is in talks with Myanmar's ruling junta, its armed opponents and its neighbours to provide cross-border humanitarian assistance into the war-torn country, its chief said on Wednesday.

Myanmar has been mired in conflict since February 2021 when top generals ousted the elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, triggering widespread protests that grew into an armed rebellion challenging the powerful military.

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