Articles tagged with "Kuki Meitei conflict"

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Locals clash with Indian security forces in Manipur. (File Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Hostage crisis and economic shutdown in India’s Manipur

The unrest follows the abduction of dozens of members of the minority Kuki and Naga communities during recent ethnic violence in the state.

May 21, 2026

An ambulance rides past a security vehicle positioned in the middle of a road, during a curfew in Imphal on June 9, 2025. Riven by ethnic tensions, Manipur in India's northeast imposed an internet shutdown and curfew after protesters clashed with security

In India's smoldering ethnic war, fresh arrests deepen Manipur's wounds

The arrests come as Manipur's hill-dwelling Kuki-Zo people — predominantly Christian tribal communities — continue to bear the heaviest cost of a conflict India has struggled to contain or explain to the outside world.

February 18, 2026

Execution video exposes how Manipur became India's invisible conflict zone

Ethnic violence has effectively partitioned India's Manipur state into heavily armed, segregated zones, killing at least 260 and displacing 60,000 since May 2023. Yet the crisis remains largely unknown internationally.

January 22, 2026