Around 1,000 villagers from over 200 households in Chin State’s Paletwa Township have fled to Paletwa town due to recent fighting between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) near Abaungtha village and in the mountains outside of Kyetyetkaing village.

Some of the more than 50 locals arrested by the Myanmar military were released in July, but the rest were charged with incitement under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code, and at least 10 people have not been in contact with their families for weeks.

A clash broke out between the Myanmar military’s Ngapali-based Light Infantry Battalion No. 55 and the Arakan Army at a location between Chaungthongkhwa and Kyeintaw villages in Arakan State’s Taungup Township at around 4 p.m. on Thursday.

A woman from Abaungtha Village in Chin State’s Paletwa Township, where fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army has flared in recent days, was killed in a landmine blast on Wednesday.

Shrimp indigenous to Arakan State will be sold in markets in other parts of Myanmar after the test breeding of a local species was successful.

The Myanmar military arrested an elderly man from Theintan village in Arakan State’s Sittwe Township on suspicion of having ties to the Arakan Army (AA) at a village checkpoint on Monday evening, according to family members.

Military tensions are escalating day by day and the theatre of war is expanding in Arakan State, the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Arakan National Council/Arakan Army (ANC/AA) and Arakan Liberation Party/Arakan Liberation Army (ALP/ALA) rejected recent remarks from the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) spokesman, in which he asserted that there was no need for revolutionary armed forces in Arakan State other than the AA.

The state lottery market is collapsing in Arakan State, according to ticket sellers. Sales have declined by half since the military coup last year, and are falling further, say sellers.

Locals in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, are facing food shortages as Myanmar’s military regime has blocked off supply routes and restricted regional travel since August 14, following fighting between junta troops and the Arakan Army (AA).

The Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) has said that the military junta is willing to listen to the voices of Myanmar’s ethnic groups as calls grow for a resolution to the country’s multiple, ongoing crises.

The Myanmar military and Arakan Army (AA) clashed in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, and Chin State’s Paletwa Township on Monday morning, according to locals, the latest hostilities to be reported in a region beset by conflict over recent weeks.

The Myanmar military has reportedly told local village administrators to facilitate the removal of security checkpoints set up by the Arakan Army (AA) in Rathedaung Township’s Pyarchaunggyi village-tract.

Five prosecution witnesses including the plaintiff have been examined in the case of a man and woman in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu charged with incitement under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code for allegedly raising funds for the Arakan Army (AA), according to family members.

Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has denied that his troops have carried out air raids and arson attacks on civilian homes and settlements, pushing back against accusations made by the United Nations special envoy to Myanmar in her first visit to the country this week.

Health officials are recommending the use of a drug called PrEP to prevent the spread of HIV, which attacks the immune system and can be fatal.

A petition by nine teacher assistants seeking reinstatement to the jobs that they were suspended from in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, has not changed anything for them more than two months after they submitted it for consideration.

Drivers in Arakan State say that continuous increases in the price of fuel make it difficult to earn a living wage. 

Rising fuel prices have forced local small-scale fisheries in Arakan State to halt their operations, creating hardships for many fishing families.