A new Burma Monitor report examining women's participation in Myanmar's military-organized 2025 election has highlighted the complete absence of women from the post-election Rakhine State government, as the poll took place amid conflict and major shifts in territorial control across Arakan.

The military junta has repeatedly carried out airstrikes on areas controlled by the Arakan Army, including Paletwa Township, a key trade hub linking India and Arakan State.

The military junta has prohibited residents of Narikan Village in Sittwe Township, Arakan State, from fishing in the creek they rely on for their livelihoods, according to local sources.

"Junta airstrikes frequently targeted Jeittaw Ward in Ngapali, so our relatives could no longer stay there. They fled to our area about a week ago. Entire families are escaping, with others reaching different villages as well," said a woman from Thalu Byein Village in Ramree Township.

Swine diarrhea is spreading among pigs in Taungup Township, Arakan State, with deaths reported among small-scale livestock farms, according to local farmers.

The United League of Arakan (ULA) is preparing to recruit its second batch of medical students to address an ongoing shortage of qualified doctors in areas controlled by the Arakan Army.

The military junta has been deploying hundreds of troops to Mindon Township, Magway Region, in recent days to launch an offensive toward Taungup Township in Arakan State, according to military sources.

As armed conflict, displacement and humanitarian needs continue to rise across Myanmar, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) provided humanitarian assistance to more than 120,000 people nationwide during the first half of 2026.

Air attacks by the military junta in areas controlled by the Arakan Army in Arakan State and Paletwa Township in Chin State killed 33 civilians and injured 78 others between August 2 and August 24, according to figures compiled by DMG.

As demand grows for the Arakan Lottery (Laung Paw) issued by the United League of Arakan (ULA) across Arakan State, local residents report that unauthorized resellers are illegally marking up ticket prices.

Villagers in Hmaw One Lay Village, Hpakant Township, Kachin State, have exhumed 25 bodies believed to have been killed and buried in the village.

Although the Arakan Army, which controls most of Arakan State, is strengthening its administrative apparatus and governing as a revolutionary government, observers point out that significant challenges remain within its judicial sector.

The military junta has deployed around 1,000 additional troops to defend Sittwe, its sole remaining stronghold in northern Arakan State, according to a reliable source.

The Arakan Army is launching offensives against four newly constructed outposts established by the military junta to protect its strategic Nat Yay Kan hilltop base along the Ann-Padan Road, according to a military source.

The United League of Arakan (ULA) has announced the establishment of a special court to hand down severe sentences for major crimes such as child rape, rape-murder and homicide in areas controlled by the Arakan Army.

Electricity is expected to be restored in Sittwe, the only remaining town in northern Arakan State under military control, next month, with two large diesel generators already delivered, according to regime-controlled media.

A final verdict has yet to be delivered in a child rape and murder case in Aung Thukha Village, Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, with the victim's family reporting delays due to repeated court postponements.

The military junta arrested two Arakanese men returning from Malaysia at a junta security checkpoint in Myinmu Township, Sagaing Region.

The Arakan Army has rejected the military junta's allegation linking it to more than 24 million seized illicit drug pills, with spokesperson U Khaing Thukha calling it a fabricated propaganda strategy.