Battle for Pauktaw enters second month
16 Dec 2023
The two sides have been fighting for weeks, but the intensity of the hostilities has not diminished. The two sides have been fighting daily to gain control of the town,
16 Dec 2023
The two sides have been fighting for weeks, but the intensity of the hostilities has not diminished. The two sides have been fighting daily to gain control of the town,
16 Dec 2023
Sugarcane farmers in Arakan State are facing financial losses due to the junta’s road blockades following the latest hostilities between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army (AA).
16 Dec 2023
At least 40 ferryboat helmsmen and residents detained by Myanmar’s military at BXT Port in the Arakan State capital Sittwe have reportedly been charged by the regime, family members said.
16 Dec 2023
More than 80 percent of airstrikes by the regime since the coup have targeted civilian villages across the country, according to a report released today by the BNI-Myanmar Peace Monitor.
16 Dec 2023
“An IDP woman died half an hour after giving birth to her twins. She died because it was not convenient for her to go to the hospital,” said an IDP woman
16 Dec 2023
Fighting has intensified since the Arakan Army (AA) launched an attack on a junta tactical command base in Samee town, Chin State, on December 14.
15 Dec 2023
Pregnant women and children under 2 years old in rural Arakan State cannot receive vaccinations as the regime has imposed travel restrictions amid its fighting with the Arakan Army (AA).
15 Dec 2023
A Muslim boy was reportedly injured after a mortar shell fired by regime forces landed and exploded near Wahcheelah Village, part of Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township, on Thursday morning.
15 Dec 2023
Individual Arakanese people will continue to lose access to rights and opportunities unless stability prevails in Arakan State, said junta boss Min Aung Hlaing in his message to mark the 49th anniversary of Arakan State Day on Friday.
15 Dec 2023
About 1,200 basic education schools have been closed in Sittwe, Pauktaw, Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U, Ponnagyun, Buthidaung, Rathedaung, Maungdaw, Minbya, Myebon and Ann townships due to fighting.
15 Dec 2023
In the past it was almost exclusively the rural parts of Arakan State that needed to worry about landmines, but these days urban dwellers are also worried about the risk.
15 Dec 2023
A local man from Ward-4 in Buthidaung, Arakan State, has been arrested on suspicion of having ties to the Arakan Army (AA).
14 Dec 2023
Myanmar’s military regime has reportedly arrested two local men in Thandwe District, Arakan State, for allegedly supporting the Arakan Army (AA) and People’s Defence Force (PDF).
14 Dec 2023
The central committee on special economic zones in Myanmar held a meeting on Tuesday, which was attended by officials of the management committees of the Thilawa, Kyaukphyu and Dawei SEZs.
14 Dec 2023
Some pagodas and stupas in the ancient city of Mrauk-U’s cultural heritage zone were damaged by junta air and artillery strikes on Wednesday.
14 Dec 2023
Apart from fighting, it has been the junta’s indiscriminate artillery strikes, air strikes, arson attacks and arbitrary arrests that have contributed to the mass displacement.
14 Dec 2023
Clashes between the military and AA are reported daily in Buthidaung, Maungdaw, Rathedaung, Pauktaw, Kyauktaw, Minbya, Mrauk-U, Myebon and Ann townships in Arakan State, and in Chin State’s Paletwa Township.
14 Dec 2023
“We only ask our children to eat full, and we eat less food. We face more hardships as we have many family members. We are in trouble as we no longer receive relief aid,” said Daw Moe Moe Nwe, an IDP woman.
13 Dec 2023
Junta troops and the Arakan Army (AA) clashed at around 4 p.m. on Wednesday in Mrauk-U town, with the regime using a gunship during the fighting, according to local residents.
13 Dec 2023
Myanmar’s military regime is using the India-funded port in Sittwe to deliver construction materials to its battalions in the Arakan State capital, according to locals.