WorldCOX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Bangladesh border guards on Monday moved to push back thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing the worst violence in Myanmar in five years, with 104 people killed and the United Nations and aid groups forced to pull out some staff. Nevertheless, thousands of Rohingya - mostly women and children - fleeing the violence sought to ford the Naf river separating Myanmar and Bangladesh and cross the land border. Rohingya people pass their belongings over the Bangladesh-Myanmar border fence as they try to enter Bangladesh in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 27, 2017. Rohingya have been fleeing Myanmar since the early 1990s and there are now about 400,000 in Bangladesh. The military reported several clashes over the weekend involving hundreds of Rohingya insurgents across northern Rakhine state.

Source: Sunday Times August 28, 2017 10:41 UTC