Fierce clashes broke out between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, on the evening of August 30, prompting more than 1,000 locals to flee to safer locations.

The Myanmar military on Wednesday carried out air raids against Arakan Army (AA) outposts along the Mt. Wai Lar range in northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, according to former state lawmaker U Maung Ohn, who previously represented the township.

Hundreds of local people in Shan State’s Moebye Township were forced to flee to safer locations following clashes between the Myanmar military and anti-regime forces on August 27 and 28, according to residents.

The Arakan State Consumer Affairs Department is reportedly taking steps to sell cooking oil at reduced prices as soaring commodity and fuel costs continue to strain household budgets in one of Myanmar’s poorest regions. 

The prime minister of the National Unity Government said the NUG is among several domestic and international actors that are trying to create favourable conditions for the return of Muslims living in Bangladesh after their violent expulsion from Arakan State in 2016-2017. 

Family members of the victim have called for harsh action against the rapist of a teenage girl who suffers from hearing and speech impairment, and is unable to walk.

Some buildings within the compound of a Buddhist monastery in Khamaung Seik village, Maungdaw Township, were discovered on fire on Tuesday morning, according to local residents.

Residents of Kin Seik village in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township who were displaced by a recent artillery shelling are reportedly in need of humanitarian assistance.

An ethnic Mro man from Tarein village in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township was severely injured in a landmine blast on Tuesday morning. 

A civilian was killed and three others were injured when junta artillery fire struck Than Seik village in Shwegyin Township, Bago Region, on Tuesday.

Trade in the Kanyin Chaung economic zone has decreased by some 50 percent as the Myanmar military has blockaded the Angumaw-Maungdaw road in Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township since August 13, according to merchants.

It has been more than three years since family members visited Ko Zaw Lin Tun and Ko Win Zaw Tun from Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township, who have been serving life sentences in a Thai prison for allegedly killing two British nationals in 2014.

Myanmar’s military regime has tightened checks on road users since August 26, following fighting between its troops and a combined contingent of fighters from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and anti-junta resistance groups in Mon State’s Kyaikto Township, according to locals.

As many as 1,000 people from Wakone village in Tanintharyi Region’s Dawei Township have fled to safer locations after heavy weapons were fired into the village from a military convoy, according to sources on the ground.

Fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army in Arakan State has claimed lives in recent days, with four civilians killed and eight injured in separate artillery shellings on August 27 and 29.

More than 400 ethnic Mro and Daingnet residents of Khamaung Seik village in northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, who have been displaced by recent fighting are currently facing livelihood hardships, some of the internally displaced people (IDPs) told DMG.

Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State, became the latest flashpoint in escalating hostilities between Myanmar’s military regime and the Arakan Army (AA) when the two sides clashed there on Sunday and three civilians, including a 4-year-old child, were killed.

Fifty-three Muslims en route to Yangon have been arrested in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township in recent days, according to police officials from the Thandwe police station.

The Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) of the ethnic armed organisations that have signed Myanmar’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) has vowed to organise an all-inclusive dialogue aimed at paving the way for establishing a Union based on democracy and federalism.