Tatmadaw troops descended upon the Sanyin IDP camp in Myebon Township on the morning of May 12, according to the camp’s manager, who said the discovery of a landmine nearby prompted the incursion.

Some villages in Manaung Township are experiencing drought-like conditions as wells and ponds dry up. Local residents say the resulting water shortages have been impacting their villages since the end of April. 

Locals have reported that two Muslim children were killed and another was injured following an explosion at Thayet Pyin village in Buthidaung Township. The incident occurred at around 11 a.m. on May 12.

A teacher, an official of a village administration department and another man in Maungdaw Township were charged under sections 50(a) and (i) of the Counter-Terrorism Law at the Maungdaw District Court on May 11.  

Three people were wounded by gunfire near Kispanadi Bridge at the entrance to Kyauktaw town, Arakan State, on the evening of May 11.

About 70 IDPs who left a displacement camp in Ann town five days ago intending to return to their home village of Gate Chaung have not yet reached the village. 

A case has been brought against the vice chair of the Arakan National Party for Taungup Township, U Wai Thaung, and two others under Section 50(a) of the Counter-Terrorism Law. 

The Yangon-based Center for Diversity and National Harmony has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) in the fight against the deadly COVID-19 virus, to be used in Arakan State’s 17 townships.

A May 9 unilateral ceasefire declaration by the Tatmadaw appears unlikely to have a meaningful impact on life for millions of people in Myanmar’s war-torn west, where the Arakan Army’s status as a “terrorist group” means much of the region falls under a notable exception to the olive branch extended by the military.

Some IDP camps in Arakan State are facing food shortages because they have not received rice from the government, said managers of the camps.

A teacher and child from Taung Bwe village in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township were wounded when an artillery shell exploded in front of their house at around 9:30 p.m. on May 8, according to family members.

Over 70 residents of Ye Shin village in Myebon Township were taken in for questioning by the Tatmadaw over the weekend, with the elderly among them later released but dozens still in military custody.

The management teams of IDP camps in Kyauktaw Township are struggling to transport rice supplies to their camps despite the government having provided 500 sacks of the staple grain for the Wah Taung and Taungmin Kalar IDP camps, according to their managers.

A woman working at a teashop near Rar Maung Bridge in Minbya Township was shot in the foot on May 7 while she was waitressing near a police checkpoint close to the bridge.

Police have re-arrested five men from Taungup Township who were originally detained for alleged links to the Arakan Army, after releasing them briefly on May 7 due to lack of evidence. They were taken back into custody the same day, according to family members.

About 70 IDPs making their way from a refugee camp in Ann town, Arakan State, back to their homes in Gate Chaung village have been delayed en route as they were held up for questioning at the Kazukaing checkpoint on May 7.

The Tatmadaw has stepped up security at the entrance of Taungup town after a group of people in the guise of police recently attempted to detain some National League for Democracy members in the area, according to town residents.

Myanmar security forces conducting operations along the border with Bangladesh found World Food Programme-marked food packages hidden by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) in a bush near the boundary line, the Office of the Commander-in-Chief said on May 6.

Diarrhoea has broken out at the Myaung Nar IDP camp in northern Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township, according to the manager of the camp.