Most Hindu people in Sittwe are low-income manual workers who made a living as barbers, washers, stevedores or by repairing umbrellas and collecting scraps.

At least 3,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) from Ann Township are in need of food, shelter and medicines, and they are facing many difficulties due to the lack of assistance.

The Burmese Women’s Union (BWU) reported that four women lost their lives as a result of sexual assault by the military regime and five women were injured as a result of conflict-related sexual violence.

RSO fighters came in a motorboat and ambushed the AA troops, who were conducting security operations along the Naf River near Jaliadwip Island in Bangladesh’s territorial waters on November 3.

The AA clashed fiercely with the military near Border Guard Police Battalion No. 5 at around 7:30 p.m. on November 3, with two junta jet fighters dropping bombs on AA positions.

The AA resumed its offensive against junta positions in Taungup in the last week of October, and seized the artillery battalion on Sunday.

Arakanese migrants in Yangon have concerns for their safety due to the junta’s increased arbitrary arrests of civilians, checks on households for unregistered overnight guests and forced conscription.

A junta jet fighter dropped at least 10 bombs on the village at around 10 a.m. and again at 7 p.m. on November 3, burning several homes to the ground, said local sources.

The AA had already taken control of the military's Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No. 373, a military intelligence unit, a medical corps, and a junta artillery battalion on Kulaung Hill over recent days.

A landmine exploded while people who had come to resettle in Tinma Village were clearing their homes of overgrowth on November 2.

The regime carried out airstrikes on the village twice, hitting a Buddhist monastery housing several internally displaced people (IDPs) on Saturday evening.

The female prisoners transferred to Pathein from Sittwe were jailed on political charges and some are still facing trials.

"The regime sent 1,000 junta soldiers in military trucks from Ayeyarwady Region on October 28 and 29. The regime is preparing a defence in Gwa," said a military source.

"Due to the violence, harassment and intimidation systematically committed by the terrorist military, journalism has become a career full of danger," said the NUG.

A junta jet fighter bombed and strafed targets surrounding its Border Guard Police Battalion No. 5 in Arakan State's Maungdaw Town on Saturday morning.

In what was described as one of the worst massacres so far this year, the regime killed dozens of civilians in Sagaing Region’s Budalin Village last month.

Arakanese residents have welcomed the production of Arakanese-language movies, saying they help preserve Arakanese language and culture.

"Food insecurity has never been this severe in Myanmar's recent history with more and more people facing multiple shocks," said Paolo Mattei, the WFP representative in Myanmar.

Ann, Taungup, Maungdaw and Kyauktaw townships had the highest number of civilian deaths and the highest number of mass casualties due to aerial bombardments.