he Tatmadaw’s bombardment on Wednesday near the Sai Din mountain range in Buthidaung Township claimed 11 Bengali Muslim workers and 13 others were injured, Abu Phway Yaw, an official from the Sai Din

The Tatmadaw detained two monks from Ponnagyun and Mrauk-U townships and three people from Ponnagyun Township on April 1 for questioning regarding associations with the AA,

While they were settling on a big slab of rock near Sai Din creek, they were hit by bombs at about 2 p.m on Wednesday.

The Development Media Group has received a threatening letter sent from the email address “myochit.tatmadaw@gmail.com” very early this morning.

The Rakhine State Disaster Relief Committee (in Yangon) on Monday donated K24 million to IDPs in Minbya, Mrauk-U, Kyauktaw, Ponnagyun, Buthidaung and Rathedaung Townships.

The order of a curfew has been imposed in Rakhine’s five conflict areas where ongoing fighting has been escalating in order to maintain regional stability and rule of law, a member of Rakhine State cabinet confirmed to the DMG

When a troop of Tatmadaw entered Nwayonedaung village in Buthidaung Township on Monday night, about seven soldiers entered a home at about 8 p.m and took away beer and other goods from a shop,

The 13 people who have been detained in Sittwe prison to face trial in Kyauktaw township court for unlawful association charges could not attend a court hearing on Monday due to security issues,

Two civilians from a village in Kyauktaw Township have received serious injuries due to the explosion of an artillery shell that slammed into their house on the afternoon of April 1, according to aid volunteers.

As international NGOs supporting communities throughout Rakhine State, we express our deep concern with the continued fighting between the Myanmar Security and the Arakan Army Forces.

The Arakan Army has invited correspondents to collect firsthand information on the battlefield in Rakhine State, said Khiang Thukha, the information officer of the AA.

The Tatmadaw detained 15 villagers including a Thayetpyin village administrator on January 13 and then released 13 of them. But the village administrator U Maung Tun Hlaing and a villager U Maung Kyaw Win

“In the past few days, over 300 refugees were added to the camp. We now are mainly concerned with food supplies”, said U Kyaw Than, administrator for Zedi Daung village.

Women from a village in Buthidaung Township were forcefully taken by the military this afternoon, according to Member of Parliament for Buthidaung Township.

An early morning shooting of light and heavy weapon in a village in Mrauk-U Township on Friday left one dead and another four seriously injured.

The number of migrant workers in Maungdaw Township’s resettlement areas has been increasing, and most of them are from Ayeyarwady, Bago and Yangon Regions as well as Myanmar’s administrative city Nay Pyi Taw.

Senior monks form a township monk committee have requested Rakhine State chief minister and commander of the western command to halt the positioning of military forces at a hill in Kyauktaw town.

Not all of them are in refugee camps, some were trapped in their villages. Although relief aid have been providing for IDPs, about 8000 IDPs could not get food because their area is difficult to access on security reason. 

Ongoing clashes between the Tatmadaw and AA have been intensifying in Rakhine State’s six townships, increasing the number of IDPs in the region.