Reuters was not able to independently verify the death toll.Ī resident in the area, who declined to be identified over concerns for his safety, told Reuters more than 100 Rohingya were killed, based on assessments from multiple villages he said he had visited in the aftermath. Bangladesh faced its worst power cuts in over seven months. Residents of Rakhine State said at least 100 people had been killed and many more were missing and feared dead, adding that aid had yet to arrive. Since then, fighting has raged across the country between the military and pro-democracy or allied ethnic armed groups. Myanmar has been gripped by political and economic chaos since the military seized power in a coup in 2021.

More than a million live in sprawling camps in neighbouring Bangladesh, having fled military crackdowns in recent years. The region has a large population of Rohingya Muslims, a persecuted minority that successive Myanmar governments have refused to recognise. Myanmar's impoverished Rakhine State bore the brunt of Cyclone Mocha, during which winds of up to 210 kph (130 mph) ripped roofs off homes and brought a storm surge that inundated the state capital Sittwe. Africans should grasp the many means and opportunities available to them for improving the quality of life.May 16 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people, including Rohingya Muslims, were feared dead after a cyclone struck Myanmar at the weekend, residents and aid groups said on Tuesday, with rescue efforts hampered by damage to infrastructure. Her message is that 'Africa's time is now': It is time for Africans to assume full control over their economic and political destiny. “Dambisa Moyo makes a compelling case for a new approach in Africa. Previously, she was an economist at Goldman Sachs, where she worked for nearly a decade, and was a consultant to the World Bank in Washington. She is the author of the brilliantly argued Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa and How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly and the Stark Choices Ahead. Her latest book, Winner Take All: China’s Race for Resources and What It Means for the World, looks at how commodities markets influence much more than the global economy - and examines the possible consequences of China's unprecedented rush for commodities such as oil, minerals, water, and food, including the looming specter of commodity-driven conflict.

She has travelled to more than 60 countries over the past decade, studying the political, economic and financial workings of emerging economies, in particular the BRICs and the frontier economies in Asia, South America, Africa and the Middle East. Dambisa Moyo's work examines the interplay between rapidly developing countries, international business, and the global economy - while highlighting opportunities for investment.

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