Weekly Highlights from Arakan (April 27 to May 3, 2026)

Admin 05 May 2026

- Regime conducts air operations over Arakan State from four airbases

- Essential commodity prices surge amid blockades, trade disruptions in Arakan State

- Hundreds of IDP shelters damaged as heavy rain, strong winds hit Arakan State

- Over 30 Sittwe residents detained in three days during guest list checks

- Air ticket prices to Manaung soar to more than double official rate

- Regime-appointed Arakan CM claims development plans underway amid widespread hardship

Weekly Highlights from Arakan (April 20 to 26, 2026) 

Admin 28 Apr 2026

- Four-year-old girl raped in Mrauk-U

- Regime bombs Thandwe for two consecutive days

- Regime declares martial law in Arakan Army-held townships

- Regime to operate Yangon-Kyaukphyu-Manaung flights

- IDPs in Arakan State worry for future as shelter crisis persists

- ULA Health Department urges vigilance over measles outbreak near Bangladesh border

Weekly Highlights from Arakan (April 13 to 19, 2026) 

Admin 21 Apr 2026

Junta airstrike on Mrauk-U village injures at least 14 civilians

Arakan Army grants amnesty to 67 detainees in Maungdaw including POWs and ARSA-linked individuals

Junta warships increase presence off Ramree coast

ULA Health Department urges vigilance over measles outbreak near Bangladesh border

Kyaukphyu IDPs sheltering in Ramree face severe livelihood hardships

ULA higher education initiative seen as major opportunity for Arakanese youth

Weekly Highlights from Arakan (March 23 to 29, 2026)

Admin 31 Mar 2026

- Fighting escalates near Sittwe as Arakan Army attacks regime positions

- Drug offences in Arakan State punishable by 10 years to death penalty: AA authorities

- Two civilians injured in junta drone strike on Sanae town

- Arakan Army releases 152 junta POWs, family members in Minbya

- Nearly 10,000 IDPs in Kyaukphyu urgently need shelter as monsoon season approaches

- Education campaign launched to support IDP children in Arakan State


 

 

 Weekly Highlights from Arakan (March 16 to 22, 2026) 

Admin 24 Mar 2026

- ULA launches Arakan National University to expand higher education access

- Toddler raped and murdered in Maungdaw; four suspects detained

- Arakan Army releases POWs and family members from Kyauktaw detention site

- Kyaukphyu IDPs face acute drinking water shortages amid dry season

- USDP lawmaker elected Arakan State Hluttaw speaker

- IDP man loses leg in landmine blast in Thandwe Twsp

Weekly Highlights from Arakan (Feb 23 to March 1, 2026) 

Admin 03 Mar 2026

- Death toll rises to 18 after junta airstrike on Ponnagyun village market

- Arakan Army signals willingness to forge strategic partnership with Bangladesh’s new government

- Clashes continue in Sittwe as junta reinforces naval, armored deployment

- Over 200 IDPs in Ponnagyun struggle without shelter, food aid

- Kyaukphyu IDPs forced to flee again amid junta airstrikes and artillery attacks

- Junta attacks kill 42 civilians, injure 50 in Arakan State in February

Weekly Highlights from Arakan (Feb 16 to 22, 2026) 

Admin 24 Feb 2026

- Arakan Army’s handover of 73 Bangladeshi fishermen signals potential boost in border cooperation

- ULA calls for Chin–Arakanese unity on 78th Chin National Day

- Equipment from Chinese-owned VPower plant in Kyaukphyu to be fully relocated amid growing conflict

- Two civilians killed, two injured in junta airstrike on Ramree village

- India-Arakan trade routes fully reopen after two-month closure

- Myanmar military officers accused of profiting from dismantled homes in Sittwe villages

Weekly Highlights from Arakan State (Feb 9 to 15, 2026)

Admin 17 Feb 2026

- Seven civilians, including infant, killed in junta airstrikes on Kyauktaw and Mrauk-U

- ULA purchases paddy from farmers amid market shortage in Arakan State

- Junta torches at least 11 villages in Kyaukphyu Twsp over past year: Residents

- Arakanese merchants seek access to Indian market via Mizoram trade route

- Charcoal sales surge in northern Arakan after AA firewood ban

- After Arakan fighting, Taungup residents struggle to rebuild homes

Weekly Highlights from Arakan State (Feb 2 to 8, 2026)   

Admin 10 Feb 2026

- Inmates escape from Kyaukphyu Prison amid heightened security

- ULA seeks to strengthen public healthcare services in Arakan State

- Elderly IDP killed, two others injured in junta airstrike on Kyaukphyu village

- Religious freedom, interfaith harmony expand in areas controlled by AA in Arakan State

- Junta moves to convene Arakan State Parliament in Sittwe amid ongoing clashes

- ULA bans hunting and wildlife trade in Arakan State

- Two civilians wounded in junta airstrike on Thandwe

  

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