Some displacement camps in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U, Kyauktaw and Myebon townships are lacking adequate toilet facilities, with IDPs concerned about potential health consequences.

More than 100 residents of Kat Thabyay village in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township have reportedly sought refuge at a monastery in downtown Kyaukphyu after nine Kat Thabyay villagers were recently arrested by the Tatmadaw.

The Union Election Commission (UEC) said it would announce whether the 2020 election will be held across conflict-plagued Arakan State after reviewing the security situation, according to representatives from political parties who recently met with the Commission.

A resident of Nat Taung village in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, died of a gunshot wound on the morning of June 29, according to locals.

Ethnic political parties are concerned that the 2020 election may not be held in ethnic areas where armed conflict is ongoing.

The swab tests of 13 people who had close contact with a man who tested positive for COVID-19 last week in Sittwe have come back negative, according to the Department of Public Health in Arakan State.

Residents of Pain Nae Daw village in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township are not being allowed to venture outside the village and are facing risk of food shortages as a result.

Two civilians were killed and three others were injured on June 26 when artillery shells believed to have been fired by the Tatmadaw landed in Nat Maw village, Ann Township, according to residents.   

A young woman from Sa Nyin village in Myebon Township, Arakan State, lost one of her legs after stepping on a landmine on June 27, according to residents.

Bilateral border trade with Bangladesh has been suspended after a coronavirus case was reported in Sittwe, Arakan State, according to a local business group.

A total of 435 tonnes of bamboo from Arakan State, worth US$34,800, was exported to Bangladesh in the 2019-20 fiscal year, according to the Maungdaw border trade camp.

An artillery shell explosion at Pyaing Taung Muslim village in southern Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, killed an 11-month-old baby and seriously injured the father on June 25.

Five advocacy organisations have called on the government to take effective action against perpetrators of human rights violations, torture and sexual abuse.

At least two homes in Kyein Thar village, in Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township, were set ablaze at about noon on June 26, according to locals. 

Schools are being built on a self-reliant basis at some Arakan State camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) to help children pursue their educations.

A man from Kyauktwingone village in Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State, died of a gunshot wound on June 25, according to local residents. 

The internet blackout affecting a large swath of Arakan State and part of neighbouring Chin State is causing delays in procedural aspects of the region’s COVID-19 response, according to Dr. Saw Min Thein, superintendent of Buthidaung Township Hospital.

Two activists from Kyaukphyu town, Arakan State, are facing charges under Section 19 of Myanmar’s Peaceful Assembly Law after uploading photos on social media in which they are pictured wearing matching T-shirts that read, “Oppose internet oppression”. 

Three young men, the sons of military personnel in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, were abducted by the Arakan Army and its supporters this week, the Tatmadaw said in a statement on June 25.