More than four years since the coup that launched a nationwide armed uprising against the military regime that seized power, fighting incidents have decreased by more than 50 percent over the past year, according to BNI-Myanmar Peace Monitor.

A child was killed and four others were injured, including two other children, when an artillery shell exploded in Mawshan Village, Seikmu Village-Tract, Hpakant Township, Kachin State, at around 4 p.m. on September 17.

A woman from Min Tae Village, West Pharongkha Island, also known as Myengu Island, Pauktaw Township, was injured when artillery shells fired by the junta navy in Sittwe Township exploded nearby.

The prices of basic commodities such as rice, cooking oil, dried chili, and onion are unstable in Arakan State and fluctuate rapidly, causing difficulties for the society's lower classes in particular.

The Myanmar military is reportedly engaged in heavy fighting with a coalition force led by the Arakan Army (AA) near Hsinlan and Nyaungkyoe villages in Padaung Township, Bago Region.

Landmine clearance is reportedly underway in Arakan State's Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships, which are controlled by the Arakan Army (AA).

Arakan Army (AA) spokesperson U Khaing Thukha told DMG that allegations linking the AA to drug trafficking into Bangladesh are nothing more than baseless accusations.

More than 170 Muslim teachers from Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships are reportedly working in the Arakkha National Education Department under the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA).

The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) on Tuesday issued a call for witnesses and first-hand knowledge of a junta airstrike on a boarding school in Thayet Ta Pin Village, part of Arakan State's Kyauktaw Township, to share on-the-ground evidence.

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.