Myanmar Quake Survivors Plead for More Assistance

Desperate Myanmar earthquake survivors pleaded for more aid on Wednesday as the death toll rose and calls grew for the junta to halt attacks on rebels as the country battles the crisis.

- Agence France-Presse

SAGAING:

The shallow 7.7-magnitude earthquake on Friday flattened buildings across Myanmar, killing more than 2,800 people and making thousands more homeless.

Several leading armed groups fighting the government have suspended hostilities during the quake recovery, but junta chief Min Aung Hlaing said military operations would continue despite international criticism of multiple reported air strikes.

UN agencies, rights groups and foreign governments have urged all sides in Myanmar's civil war to stop fighting and focus on helping those affected by the quake, the biggest to hit the country in decades.