What’s behind the civil war in Myanmar?
And how has it affected young people?
It’s been three years since Myanmar’s military coup when the army took control of the country, a decade after agreeing to hand power to a civilian government. A civil war broke out after the after the military used lethal force to put down mass protests in the weeks after the coup.
Before all this, Myanmar’s army was accused of committing a genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh to escape persecution and violence. Thousands more died trying to flee.
Soe Win Than, editor of the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Burmese Service, walks us through what thinks are like now in Myanmar and how it’s impacted young people’s plans for the future.
(13:46) Also in this episode - Faith Oshoko, a reporter for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Pidgin tells us what it means for the Grammy Awards to finally recognise African musicians in its new category - Best African Music Performance.
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Presenter: Hannah Gelbart
Producers: Emily Horler, Adam Chowdhury and Benita Barden
Editors: Verity Wilde and Simon Peeks
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