THE PLIGHT OF THE BURMESE PEOPLE
As if the Burmese people hadn't enough to contend with by being brutally ruled by a Junta of military criminals, they now have to contend with one of the worst natural disasters ever to occur in the region. With a bit of luck this will spell the end of the general's rule as it appears that they don't have the resources to deal with the disaster. Hopefully, the world's aid agencies will get in there as quickly as possibe and do what they can to alleviate the suffering on the ground.
A year on from the Saffron revolution, the people of a once-prosperous nation are still mired in poverty.According to the United Nations, the average daily...
For this extended special news programme, Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley went undercover in Myanmar to report exclusively on the people's protests and resulting bloody crackdown...
Across Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta region, survivors are in desperate need of food, water and shelter.The first United Nations aid flights have started arriving in Myanmar...
*Update: On May 2nd, 2008 a cyclone devastated this country which is already amongst the poorest in the world. From Google: "Join recovery efforts mobilizing...
The death toll continues to rise from the impact of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar.Meanwhile survivors are struggling to find food and clean water as aid...
