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Aid chiefs to access Myanmar's Rakhine on Thursday: UN

Aid chiefs to access Myanmar's Rakhine on Thursday: UN

September 27, 2017 | 09:58 PM
Aerial view of a burned Rohingya village near Maungdaw, north of Rakhine state, Myanmar. Reuters
Representatives of UN agencies will be permitted to visit Rakhine state in Myanmar on Thursday for the first time since the start of a massive exodus of minority Rohingya Muslims."There will be a trip organized by the government, probably tomorrow, to Rakhine," United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said."We hope above all that it is a first step toward much freer and wider access to the area," he said at his daily news briefing.
September 27, 2017 | 09:58 PM