This fortnight on episode 67 of What's Happening in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing takes the presidency, a fuel crisis hits the petrol pumps in reaction to the widening war in the Middle East, forced conscription, a new council for federal democracy is launched and we look at the plight of the Rohingya.

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Timecodes—

(00:00) Opening

(1:42) Election of MAH as president

(2:53) The fuel crisis

(6:19) Six groups launch council for federal democracy push

(7:09)Forced conscription into resistance forces

(7:37)Plight of Rohingya refugees

(8:53) Close

Referenced this episode:

https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/rakhine-relapse-yaba-returns-to-wartorn-communities-in-western-myanmar/

https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/war-is-turning-rakhine-state-into-a-mine-field/

https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/down-and-out-in-sagaing-idps-struggle-to-survive-in-central-myanmar/