“The smell has negative impacts on local residents. Some of my family members have hypertension and heart disease.

“Arakanese people have been in trouble due to armed conflicts. The junta is worried that relief items will reach the AA. 

Some 50 ethnic Kaman high students from Kaman Village in Arakan State’s Sittwe Township still can’t enrol at schools in Sittwe town, according to their parents.

The FPNCC and UWSA contributed K500 million each to Deputy Chief of the Arakan Army Dr. Nyo Twan Awng in Pansang for storm victims in Arakan State, Cyclone Mocha ERRA said in the statement.

The exam pass rate increased from 47.25 percent in the 2021-22 academic year to 58.86 percent in the 2022-23 academic year.

“Mosquitoes reproduce very quickly, and diseases transmitted by mosquitoes can spread quickly. This year, dengue fever cases may be higher than last year,” said Dr. Zaw Zaw Aung, assistant director of Arakan State DPH.

Myanmar’s military regime has imposed a travel ban on local and international nongovernmental organisations and civil society organisations providing humanitarian assistance to victims of Cyclone Mocha in Arakan State.

TJC’s move comes after Burma Campaign UK wrote to 40 of the largest jewellery retailers in the UK late last month asking them to demonstrate that the gems they sell are not sourced from Myanmar in ways that help fund the Myanmar military.

Mro ethnic villages along the upper reaches of the Saitin Creek in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, are in need of assistance as relief items supplied by local and foreign organisations are not reaching the area.

Regime soldiers set fire to hundreds of homes in several villages in Sagaing Township and forced thousands of residents to flee during a period from May 19 to June 8, according to aid workers.

Local people were reportedly frightened by the sounds of heavy weapon and small arms fire at the No. 9 military training school near Kanni Village, part of Arakan State’s Minbya Township, on June 6 and 8.

A resident of Wetmakya village said: “[The AA] provided one basket of rice for each household, though it is not enough. It also provided tarpaulin sheets and helped repair damaged houses.”

Out of more than 8,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in Tanintharyi Township, about 500 are reportedly suffering from seasonal flu, malaria and diarrhoea.

Electricity supply was resumed to wards in Sittwe and Ponnagyun towns on Wednesday evening, according to the Arakan State electricity supply office.

Sein Ta Lone mango growers in Mandalay Region are getting good prices for their fruits due to high demand from foreign countries.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says it will provide business equipment to farmers and fishermen affected by Cyclone Mocha in Arakan State.

Ferry boat services to destinations in southern Arakan State will be suspended for a week due to a low pressure cell over the Bay of Bengal, according to a manager of the Shwe Pyi Tan ferry boat service.

Cattle prices have risen sharply in Arakan State after more than 10,000 cattle were killed by Cyclone Mocha across 10 townships in the state, according to local residents.

Locals in some storm-hit Arakan State townships are facing various healthcare- and education-related difficulties as roads and bridges damaged by Cyclone Mocha have yet to be repaired.