Myanmar: Fears of Starvation in Rakhine as UN Warns of 'Disaster'

Desperate Myanmar villagers turn to bamboo shoots for survival as starvation stalks Rakhine

MRAUK U, Aug 16 — People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge.“Another day has gone, and I have to struggle again for another day,” fruit vendor Kyaw Win Shein told AFP in the town of Mrauk U in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.“It is getting worse day by day,” the 60-year-old, whose business is faltering as…

Myanmar: Fears of starvation in Rakhine as UN warns of 'disaster'

"There is no income. Most people survive now by eating boiled taro roots," one person told the BBC.

Fears of starvation in Myanmar as UN warns of 'disaster'

BANGKOK -- Aid agencies are warning of starvation in war-torn Myanmar's Rakhine State, with the World Food Programme (WFP) making an urgent appeal for more donations to avoid a "full-blown disaster".The...