 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Mhirizhonga yeRakhine State ya2012dzaiva nhevedzano dzehondo pakati pevaMuslim veRohingya avo vanoumba ruzhinji kuchamhembe kweRakhine uye rudzi rweRakhine avo vanoumba ruzhinji kumaodzanyemba. Pamberi pemhirizhonga, pakanga pane kutya kwakapararira pakati pevaRakhines vechiBuddha kuti nokukurumidza vaizova vashoma muhurumende yavo yemadzitateguru. Mhirizhonga iyi yakaitika mushure memavhiki ekurwisana kwemapoka, kusanganisira kubatwa chibharo kweboka uye kuurayiwa kwemukadzi weRakhine nevaRohingya uye kuurayiwa kwevaMuslim gumi veBurma nevaRakhine. Pane uchapupu hunoratidza kuti kuparwa kwevanhu muna 2012 kwakatungamirirwa nehurumende ichikumbira varume vokuRakhine kuti vadzivirire rudzi uye chitendero chavo. Varume veRakhine vanonzi vakapiwa mapanga nezvokudya zvepachena, uye vakauya nebhazi kubva kuSittwe. Hurumende yeBurma yakaramba kuronga kuparadza kwacho, asi haina kumbotonga munhu upi noupi nokuda kwokudenha vaRohingya. The Economist yakataura kuti kubva pakushandurwa kwedemokrasi muBurma muna 2011, mauto ave achitsvaga kuchengetedza chinzvimbo chavo chakasarudzika, achiumba chikonzero chekuti vakurudzire mhirizhonga muna 2012 uye vachibvumira kuti vaite semudziviriri wechiBuddha vachipesana neMuslim Rohingya. 