Man injured by artillery fire in Kyauktaw Township
18 Feb 2020
A man from Tinma village in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township was hit and injured by a stray artillery shell at about 1 p.m. on February 18, locals said.
18 Feb 2020
A man from Tinma village in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township was hit and injured by a stray artillery shell at about 1 p.m. on February 18, locals said.
18 Feb 2020
At least 11 infants are suffering from diarrhea at the Taung Min Kala IDP camp in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, due to a scarcity of water and resultant sanitation woes, according to camp inhabitants.
18 Feb 2020
The munitions (UXO) landed in the village during fighting between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army that broke out on February 14, when a house burned to the ground, said a villager who did not want to be named.
18 Feb 2020
A 65-year-old Muslim man from Sin Thay Pyin village in Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township died after stepping on a landmine in the early hours of February 18, according to family members.
17 Feb 2020
Landmine risk education is to be provided in six Arakan State townships where the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army have continued to clash in recent months, according to the Rakhine Ethnics Congress, which will implement the program.
17 Feb 2020
Arakan State Hluttaw Speaker U San Kyaw Hla has urged the government to do better in assisting internally displaced people (IDPs), including by welcoming international humanitarian groups previously barred from operating in conflict-affected parts of the state.
17 Feb 2020
Thousands of jellyfish were found dead along Nadi Thaungyan Beach in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township on the morning of February 17, locals said.
16 Feb 2020
More than 300 vehicles including cargo trucks and buses traveling along the Yangon to Sittwe road are stuck due to fighting near Rar Maung Bridge in Minbya Township, locals said.
16 Feb 2020
A total of 29 local and international organisations released a joint statement on February 13 calling for the restoration of internet access in Arakan and Chin states.
16 Feb 2020
Educators and MPs are asking armed groups to stop fighting during upcoming matriculation exams so that students preparing for the tests can focus on their studies.
15 Feb 2020
The Myanmar Teachers’ Federation and a coalition of civil society organisations released a statement on February 15 denouncing those responsible for an artillery attack last week on a village school Buthidaung Township, which left 21 students injured.
15 Feb 2020
As displaced populations have increased in recent months at refugee camps in Arakan State’s Rathedaung town, providing adequate shelter for the swell of IDPs has been a challenge, according to volunteers assisting them.
15 Feb 2020
One of the 21 students injured when an artillery shell hit a village school in Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township last week will be transferred to Yangon General Hospital to undergo jaw reconstructive surgery, a local administrator told DMG.
15 Feb 2020
A civilian from Phar Pyo village in Minbya Township, Arakan State, reportedly emerged from a recent interrogation by the Tatmadaw with multiple injuries amid fighting between the military and Arakan Army nearby.
15 Feb 2020
Twenty matriculation exam centers in Arakan State will be closed temporarily due to safety concerns, with students originally scheduled to sit for testing at the shuttered centers reassigned to other venues, according to Arakan State’s Department of Education.
14 Feb 2020
Foreign missions in Myanmar have offered condolences, support and some stern words following the shelling of a school in Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township that injured at least 21 students last week.
14 Feb 2020
People from Dar Lat Chaung village-tract and 50 nearby villages in Arakan State’s Ann Township are facing difficulties because they have been barred from transporting rice into the area, according to a regional parliamentarian and affected residents.
14 Feb 2020
Myanmar’s military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing held talks about the latest developments in conflict-torn Arakan State with Sittwe town elders, according to U Than Shwe, one of the discussion’s attendees.
14 Feb 2020
Three civilians were reportedly hit by stray bullets as hostilities erupted between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army near Rar Maung Bridge in Arakan State’s Minbya Township on February 14.
14 Feb 2020
Farmers whose croplands were confiscated for a new town project in Ramree Township, Arakan State, are demanding that they be given substitute land immediately.