Ponnagyun Township residents and the township electricity office have been locked in disputes after the office recently began making efforts to collect on what it says are outstanding electricity bills dating back to 2021.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has handed over its food assistance programme for displaced people in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township to the World Food Programme (WFP).

The Sittwe Township Basic Education Students’ Union, the first of its kind in Arakan State, has asked for official recognition by authorities.

Freshwater fish and shrimp farming businesses in Arakan State are facing feed shortages and rising feed prices, according to fish and shrimp farming breeders.

Few farmers grow papaya in Arakan State though there is local demand for papaya and the fruit fetches good prices, according to papaya growers.

Nearly a year after they migrated to a purpose-built settlement in southern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, more than 600 ethnic Mro people are still facing difficulties in terms of access to healthcare, economic opportunities and education.

Facing widespread scepticism, Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has promised an election this year in which all citizens can cast votes freely, without threats or coercion.

Coconuts grown in the Arakan State townships of Manaung, Thandwe and Gwa are fetching good prices due to high demand from Bangladesh, according to coconut dealers.

Betel nut growers from the Ashaetaw area in Tanintharyi Region’s Dawei Township are facing travel barriers due to fighting in the region, which is also contributing to volatility in the local betel nut market.

Two residents of Ai Tin Village in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, who were given three years in prison under Myanmar’s Counter-Terrorism Law for allegedly having ties to the Arakan Army (AA), have been released after serving their time, according to family members.

Muslims who have been living in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Sittwe Township, Arakan State, for a decade are reportedly facing accommodation difficulties as the populations in the camps rise.

There are political parties in Arakan State that have decided not to contest the junta’s election, and there are parties that have declared that they will contest.

The labour affairs support centre in Arakan State says it only received 43 complaints last year about violations of labour rights in the state.

The parents of a baby born with a rare medical condition in Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township are in need of financial assistance to cover the costs of his surgery.

Myanmar’s military regime launched an airstrike on a military encampment belonging to the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) in Kyeinchaung Village, part of Kayin State’s Kyainnseikgyi Township, in the early hours of January 21.

Coup leader Min Aung Hlaing’s meeting with Thailand’s Chief of Defence Forces reflects an effort by the Myanmar military regime to strengthen bilateral relations, Myanmar political analysts say.

More than 200 displaced children from Myeikwa village in Paletwa Township, Chin State, who are taking refuge in Mizoram state, India, are being deprived of their right to education, according to aid workers.

Health workers involved in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution against the military dictatorship have provided medical treatment for members of the Arakan Army (AA) injured in fighting with the Myanmar military in Arakan State, AA deputy chief Dr. Nyo Twan Awng said on Friday.

There are 17.6 million people in Myanmar who need humanitarian assistance, of which some 1.7 million people are from Arakan State, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Myanmar said in a statement this week.