IDPs in need of help to buy fire hazard prevention materials and gear
30 Mar 2021
IDP camps in Arakan State are in need of fire hazard prevention accessories, according to officials of the camps and people who provide assistance to the IDPs.
30 Mar 2021
IDP camps in Arakan State are in need of fire hazard prevention accessories, according to officials of the camps and people who provide assistance to the IDPs.
30 Mar 2021
A ruling in the case of four people — including the chairman of the Taungup Township Development Committee — charged with terrorism has been postponed, according to a lawyer representing the defendants.
30 Mar 2021
The Myanmar military’s brutal violence against peaceful anti-regime protesters is unacceptable, said Arakan Army (AA) spokesman Khaing Thukha.
29 Mar 2021
With no pipeline or pumping facilities to distribute water from reservoirs in Minbya, residents of the town say they are facing water scarcity year after year.
29 Mar 2021
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Myanmar has urged security forces “to take all possible measures to ensure that the use of force and firearms is strictly controlled,” following a weekend in which scores of people were reportedly killed by police and military personnel.
29 Mar 2021
New shelters are being built at the Tin Nyo camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township after hundreds of shelters were destroyed in a fire on March 17, according to the camp manager.
29 Mar 2021
An investigation into the disappearance of 18 residents of Tinma village in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, has yet to conclude, according to a member of the state-level military government.
27 Mar 2021
More than 200,000 mangrove seedlings were planted across three Arakan State townships in 2020, according to Ko Myo Lwin, who headed up the mangrove afforestation effort.
27 Mar 2021
Residents of Minbya town in Arakan State are worried about fire hazards at the new Kin Seik market, a space that was built for roadside vendors but, because there are currently no vendors, is instead being used by a group of people as a sheltered place to imbibe.
27 Mar 2021
Internally displaced people (IDPs), civil society organisations (CSOs) and charity groups in Arakan State have called on the state-level Administrative Council to walk the walk with its promise to provide accommodation and other supplies to returning IDPs.
27 Mar 2021
The Karen National Union (KNU) and the Tatmadaw clashed in Thee Mu Hta along the Myanmar-Thai border at 6:15 a.m. on March 27, according to a press statement from the ethnic armed group.
26 Mar 2021
Residents in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U and Minbya townships are appealing to local authorities to complete a new bridge linking the two townships as soon as possible.
26 Mar 2021
Coup-related disruptions to banking services, limited availability of cash and challenges to supply chains have hampered aid agencies’ work, the UN has said.
25 Mar 2021
A verdict will be delivered next week in the case of four men, including the former municipal committee chairman of Arakan State’s Taungup Township, who were charged under Section 52(a) of the Counter-Terrorism Law over their alleged ties to the Arakan Army (AA).
25 Mar 2021
A dead body was found in the compound of Myoma Mosque in Maungdaw, Arakan State, on the morning of March 24, according to the Maungdaw Myoma Police Station.
24 Mar 2021
Commodity prices in Arakan State are expected to increase because of slower commodities flows into the state, according to U Khin Maung Gyi, vice chair of the Rakhine Economic Initiative Public Company.
24 Mar 2021
Residents in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township have asked for the relocation of a rubbish dumpsite, saying its current location in their neighbourhood was causing health problems and a pervasive stench.
23 Mar 2021
Arakan State’s prawn and crab exports are down since border trade with China via Muse, a primary conduit for the state’s commercial seafood, remains suspended, traders said.
23 Mar 2021
A displacement camp for Muslims in Sittwe is in need of food as aid delivery to the camp was disrupted by last month’s military coup, displaced people at the camp told DMG.
23 Mar 2021
Following resignations by party members unhappy about cooperation with Myanmar’s military regime, a senior Arakan National Party (ANP) member said he wanted the current conflict in Myanmar to be resolved peacefully.