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conflict2 years ago•1 min saved

Deadly Clashes Erupt in Northeastern India as Troops Battle Insurgents

Dozens of rebel fighters have been killed in clashes with security forces in India's northeastern state of Manipur, where ethnic unrest began earlier this month over plans to extend economic quotas to the ethnic majority Meitei. The state has been on edge since the explosion of inter-ethnic violence on May 3 between tribal groups and the Meitei people. New Delhi has deployed security forces to the state and imposed a curfew. Mobile internet in the area has been cut for weeks.

via Al Jazeera English|

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politics2 years ago•6 min saved

"Manipur Violence Escalates Amid Myanmar Conflict"

Ethnic tensions in India's Manipur state have erupted into violence, leaving 70 dead and 48,000 displaced, partly fueled by disputes over refugees from neighboring Myanmar. The 2021 coup in Myanmar caused a rush of refugees across its thousand-mile porous border with India, and nearly a quarter of that border is with Manipur, an impoverished province of hilly forests that has its own history of ethnic strife. The upheaval is the latest indication of how Myanmar’s woes are affecting the region and how the policies of India’s governing Hindu nationalist party can exacerbate long-standing ethnic and religious friction in the country.

via The Washington Post|

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