Clash near Rathedaung town injures IDP
24 Jun 2020
Fighting flared between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army near the town of Rathedaung on Wednesday evening, with a man living at an IDP camp in the town injured by stray gunfire.
24 Jun 2020
Fighting flared between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army near the town of Rathedaung on Wednesday evening, with a man living at an IDP camp in the town injured by stray gunfire.
24 Jun 2020
The Kyauktada Township police station in Yangon has filed a case under the Peaceful Assembly Law against five activists who organised a protest over the weekend calling for the restoration of internet access in Arakan and Chin states.
24 Jun 2020
Sanitary pads are an often-overlooked essential for women sheltering at camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State, according to female IDPs.
24 Jun 2020
The Tatmadaw has not deployed troops at religious sites in Arakan State, the secretary of the Tatmadaw True News Information Team insisted at a news conference on June 23 in Nay Pyi Taw.
24 Jun 2020
Crab exports from Arakan State are rebounding, albeit tepidly, after they were suspended for months due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to local players in the crabbing industry.
23 Jun 2020
Agricultural loans during the COVID-19 crisis will be increased by K50,000 (US$35) per farmland acre, and disbursement began in Kyaukphyu, Sittwe and Thandwe townships on June 22, according to U Aye Thein, manager of the Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank in Arakan State.
23 Jun 2020
A Tatmadaw spokesperson said the leaking of sensitive information about military operations and positions was one of the primary reasons for an internet ban in parts of Arakan State that entered its second year over the weekend.
23 Jun 2020
More police officers have been deployed to restive Arakan State, where the Arakan Army has launched a number of armed attacks on law enforcement personnel, said Police Maj-Gen Myo Swe Win, deputy chief of the Myanmar Police Force (MPF).
23 Jun 2020
Three police officers and a civilian were killed in an attack by the Arakan Army (AA) on a convoy of border guard police near Koetankauk village in Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township on June 22, according to a Tatmadaw press release.
23 Jun 2020
Internally displaced people (IDPs) who returned to their villages to farm in late May amid hopes that conflict in their respective townships had abated are facing challenges in an unusual growing season.
22 Jun 2020
Political parties based in Arakan State will meet with the Union Election Commission (UEC) on June 27 ahead of Myanmar’s general election, with the nationwide vote expected in November.
22 Jun 2020
With Myanmar’s general election slated for November, the Tatmadaw is pledging its full backing and security assistance, Brigadier-General Zaw Min Tun said at a news conference on June 22 in Nay Pyi Taw.
22 Jun 2020
Police have filed a case against a leading member of the Ramree Township Youth Network who was among a group of activists over the weekend calling on the government to lift its long-running internet ban in Myanmar’s west, according to the network.
22 Jun 2020
One of five Muslim men known to have entered Arakan State illegally from Bangladesh was reported in Maungdaw Township on June 21 and the other four are being sought by authorities, according to U Soe Aung, deputy commissioner of Maungdaw District.
20 Jun 2020
A 13-year-old who sold snacks in Sittwe was found unresponsive with a head injury on June 19 and died the next day while receiving medical treatment, with the girl’s unexplained death attracting much public interest in the Arakan State capital.
20 Jun 2020
More than 120 organisations called for a halt to military offensives on June 20, commemorated globally as World Refugee Day, demanding an end to armed conflict so that war refugees might return home.
20 Jun 2020
Fifty-four people who had been trapped by fighting near Sauk Khat village in Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township for 12 days were rescued on June 20, according to the rescuers.
20 Jun 2020
Seating arrangements on board ferries transporting passengers between the Arakan State capital Sittwe and its outlying townships are under scrutiny in the age of coronavirus.
20 Jun 2020
Seventy-eight organisations including political parties, civil society groups and media outlets have sent an open letter to Myanmar’s president and state counsellor requesting that they lift the one-year-old internet ban imposed in seven Arakan State townships and Chin State’s Paletwa Township.
20 Jun 2020
Security personnel are suspected of helping to transport people who recently entered northern Arakan State illegally from Bangladesh, according to presidential spokesperson U Zaw Htay.