Commander-in-Chief of the Arakan Army Maj-Gen Twan Mrat Naing and Muslim leaders from Maungdaw district met last month to discuss the needs of Arakan State, according to Muslim leaders and locals.

The junta-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC) announced on September 14 that elections will not be held for any Pyithu Hluttaw, Amyotha Hluttaw or State Hluttaw constituencies in 10 Arakan State townships that were lost to the Arakan Army (AA).

A historical mosque in Maungdaw, Arakan State, which had been closed for more than a decade, was reopened on September 12 by the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA).

A junta airstrike on a boarding school in Thayet Ta Pin Village, part of Arakan State's Kyauktaw Township, has been condemned by civil society organisations, including the Arakan Student's Union, international organisations, and human rights activists.

The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), a network of policymakers from Southeast Asia, has strongly condemned the Myanmar military junta's deadly airstrike on Pyinnya Pan Khin private high school in Thayet Ta Pin Village, Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State on September 12.

Residents of Malar, a village in the upper reaches of Kaladan River in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, are reportedly facing rehabilitation, employment, and livelihood difficulties.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on September 12 that it was deeply concerned about the deaths and injuries of children in a recent attack on a private school in Thayet Ta Pin Village, Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State.

Up to 29 children were among the dead and injured in a junta airstrike on a boarding school in Thayet Ta Pin Village, part of Arakan State's Kyauktaw Township, according to a statement from the Arakan Army (AA).

There is a shortage of basic medicines in the Arakan State capital Sittwe, which is still under the control of Myanmar's military regime, forcing locals to resort to herbal remedies.

An officer and a soldier from the Arakan Army (AA) coast guard forces were killed while inspecting illegal fishing boats from Bangladesh in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State.

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing has ordered the criminal record wiped clean for Dr. Aye Maung, chairman of the Arakan Front Party (AFP), allowing him to contest in the upcoming regime-sponsored election.

Local sources report that 22 people, including students, have been killed and as many as 26 wounded after a junta bombing hit Thayet Ta Pin village in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State.

Crimes such as theft, robbery, assault, and murder are on the rise in areas controlled by the Arakan Army (AA), and juvenile offenders are increasingly being identified.

The Arakan Army has reported that Myanmar's military regime has intensified its offensives in Magway, Bago and Ayeyarwady regions, which border Arakan State, and clashes with resistance forces are ongoing.

Arakan Army (AA) coast guard forces recently apprehended one fishing boat and eight Bangladeshi nationals for illegally entering Arakan waters, according to local residents.

The Myanmar military carried out airstrikes on the Zeechaung mountain range in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State - territory under the control of the Arakan Army (AA) - on the night of September 10, according to local sources.

The health sector in areas controlled by the Arakan Army (AA) remains weak and there are shortages of specialist doctors, with people facing many difficulties in accessing proper healthcare.

The head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar says all ethnic groups living in Arakan State are suffering due to the Myanmar military regime's airstrikes and the blockade of humanitarian aid amid the junta's ongoing conflict with the Arakan Army (AA).

More than 600 Arakanese passengers have been trapped in Kyaukphyu town for over 20 days due to a military blockade, forced to endure extreme hardships including financial desperation, lack of food and shelter, and serious health risks.