Millions are destitute, the death toll has already reached six figures. The inexcusable incompetence of the vicious regime is partly to blame. But so are the politics of aid.
Western powers kept up the pressure on Myanmar's generals on Thursday to allow a massive aid effort as relief workers struggled to help an estimated 2.5 million people left destitute by Cyclone Nargis.
Burmese military authorities keeping best-quality supplies donated for cyclone victims, an estimated 2 million in desperate need, handing out rotten & low-grade food; allegation adds new dimension to indifference & incompetence of regime's response to cyc
On Wednesday, the U.N. raised its estimates on the number of people impacted by the cyclone. John Holmes, the head of humanitarian affairs at the U.N., said that between 1.6 million and 2.5 million were "severely affected" and in desperate need of relief,
Another powerful storm headed toward Burma's cyclone-devastated delta, where so little aid has reached that the U.N. warned on Wednesday of a "second wave of deaths" among an estimated 2 million survivors.
UTAPAO, Thailand - The United States has launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar for last week's cyclone victims. A military C-130 cargo plane packed with supplies left a Thai air force base Monday for Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon. Two more air shi
For Burma's generals it was a weekend to celebrate as they counted the votes in a constitutional referendum no one but they will take seriously. For the 1.5 million Burmese seeking shelter in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, without clean water or sanitat
Thousands of desperate people line the road, and more keep coming out by the hour. They are just standing there, outside their ruined houses, waiting for help. AND IT IS NOT COMING. They are hungry and thirsty, their faces strained and scared, and you can
"WE HAVEN'T eaten rice for the past few days," Dowla Shwe says, sitting forlornly by the roadside in southern Burma, begging for food from every passer-by.
"We have nothing," she says, nodding towards her starving children. "They are getting weak, and
For those who missed the CBC Canadian National TV interview with
Alan Clements this morning speaking about the crisis in Burma, please
find the link to the four minute clip below.
