BANGKOKNearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled renewed violence in Myanmar, crossing the border in Bangladesh in waves following a military crackdown the UN says amounts to ethnic cleansing. It is the latest chapter in a long and tumultuous history of the Rohingya, the world's largest stateless population. Here is a brief history of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims. Tensions between the Rohingya Muslims and the Buddhist majority date back to the beginning of British rule in 1824. As part of their divide-and-rule policy, British colonists favoured Muslims at the expense of other groups.

Source: Daily Nation September 16, 2017 14:37 UTC