The Department of Public Health has arranged to give polio vaccines for children up to five years in 12 townships but the department faces difficulty to fully conduct its campaign because clashes occurred in eight townships.

The UN has appropriated USD 12.2 million to provide for IDPs in Arakan and Chin States affected by armed conflicts said Dr Win Myat Aye, minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement.

Regional instability in Arakan State could lead to a decrease of public interest in the 2020 elections, the Arakan National Party (ANP) and the National League for Democracy (NLD) predicted.

The drafting of the nomination dossier to enlist the Mrauk-U cultural region for the list of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites has been accomplished, said Daw Khin Than, chairperson of the Mrauk-U Ancient Cultural Heritage Conservation Group.

The fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army has been occurring fiercely for about nine months in Arakan State, it is not included in the ceasefire declaration.

Delegates of National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC) and Northern Alliance agree to keep on discussing a ceasefire, the joint statement of the members of Northern Alliance said.

Two people from Mrauk-U’s Ywar Haung Daw village were taken by a military troop on Saturday morning, family members said.

Since the Chinese government guarantees the security of the Northern Alliance, the coalition of ethnic armed groups will meet with Myanmar’s Peace Commission in Keng Tung in eastern Shan State, according to ethnic armed groups.

The Kyauk Yan village administrator and three civilians from Buthidaung Township, who have been charged under Counter-Terrorism Law, have been released on 27 August, Arakan State MP for Buthidaung Township said.

Relentless gunfire during fighting in Buthidaung Township drove all people from Sin Thay Byin village from their homes on Thursday, according to villagers.

The Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army are fighting on a section of the Yangon-Sittwe road between Kyauktaw and Mrauk-U Township, this has raised concerns among bus lines and passengers regarding their safety.

The vehicles were headed to Ponnagyun Township from Kyauktaw Township and were destroyed by a fire that occurred near Yoetayoke village at about 7 p.m. on 29 August, according to villagers.

They have been stranded when fighting occurred between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) on 28 August at Linn Mway Taung Mountain range in Mrauk-U Township.

Thailand’s Supreme Court dismissed the final appeal of two Myanmar nationals, who were sentenced to death for murdering a British couple on the Thai holiday island of Koh Tao, on 29 August.

Four Navy personnel from Danyawaddy Regional Command’s No. 1 base in Maungdaw Township have been arrested for trespassing on territorial waters of Bangladesh.

A pressure cooker exploded while rice was cooking for observers of Buddhist precepts on Thursday morning at Yadana Man Aung monastery in Maei town in Taungup Township, the explosion killed a novice and two women and injured three others.

Artillery shells landed in U Yin Tha and Sin Thay Byin village in Buthidaung Township this afternoon resulting in three houses going up in flames.

A fierce armed confrontation between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army erupted at Lin Mway Taung mountain range in Mrauk-U Township early on Wednesday morning, both sides confirmed.

Daw Aye Yin, 42, from Shwe Lai village was hit in her right thigh while she was in her house. The incident occurred at about 10:30 p.m. on 27 August while the naval force was shooting off several rounds of ammunition along the east of Kispanadi River.