Internally displaced people (IDPs) who recently arrived at a camp set up by the government in Ponnagyun Township are facing difficulties acquiring basic necessities such as food, clothing and shelter, a camp official said.

A man who suffered from heart disease died of cardiac arrest after hearing artillery shell blasts near Gananmae village in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, on April 11.

The Office of the Commander-in-Chief stated on April 11 that Tatmadaw Navy vessels fired warning shots at six Bangladeshi fishing boats that entered Myanmar’s territorial waters illegally last week. 

An explosion occurred near Waithali village in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township on April 10, injuring two residents of the village.

Four residents of Sin Oo Tike village in Arakan State’s Ann Township were injured by an artillery shell blast on April 8.

A 17-year-old from Lanmataw village in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township sustained a gunshot wound on April 7 and is receiving medical treatment at Sittwe General Hospital.

A soldier who allegedly insulted a woman’s modesty on the afternoon of April 6 in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township will face military legal action, the Office of the Commander-in-Chief said on April 7. 

Two men staged a silent protest on April 7 in Kyaukphyu town, Arakan State, demanding that entry of oil tankers and foreigners to the port here be suspended in order to prevent coronavirus spread.

Amid heightened monitoring for potential coronavirus cases across Myanmar, swab samples from a sick man who succumbed to his illness on April 7 in Arakan State’s Taungup Township are to be tested in Yangon, according to the Department of Public Health.

The Arakan State parliament Speaker and Ola Almgren, who serves as the UN Resident Coordinator in Myanmar as well as the country’s UN Humanitarian Coordinator, had an online discussion about Arakan State affairs on April 5, with the conversation touching on a variety of issues facing the volatile region.

The families of 15 people detained by the Tatmadaw while transporting government-provided rice to Nyaung Chaung IDP camp in Kyauktaw Township are concerned for their safety, Pyithu Hluttaw member U Oo Tun Win said.

A man sustained a gunshot wound on April 7 while traveling by boat near Kan Htaung Gyi town in Arakan State’s Myebon Township, locals said.

With the government announcing plans to distribute a package of staple food supplies to “people from the basic strata of society without regular income” amid the coronavirus pandemic and as Thingyan approaches, Arakanese civil society organisations have said displaced populations should be among those receiving the assistance.

An unseasonal weather forecast is causing concern for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State, where more than 150,000 people are sheltering in displacement camps due to clashes between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army.

Nearly 2,300 people sheltering at the Nyaung Chaung IDP camp in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township are in need of water supplies and other necessary provisions including food, according to the manager of the camp.

A power outage affecting Rathedaung, Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships since April 2 is making life difficult for residents of the northern Arakan State region, Pyithu Hluttaw lawmaker Daw Khin Saw Wai told DMG. 

A 57-year-old man was killed by a landmine on the evening of April 5 in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, while he was looking for his buffaloes.

The Tatmadaw arrested five men from Sar Pyin village in Arakan State’s Taungup Township on April 5, village administrator U Win Myint told DMG.