IDPs struggle to afford high rents in war-ravaged Arakan
03 Oct 2024
The rent for a typical house in northern Arakan State has increased from 100,000 to 200,000 kyats before the fighting to between 400,000 and 500,000 kyats now.
03 Oct 2024
The rent for a typical house in northern Arakan State has increased from 100,000 to 200,000 kyats before the fighting to between 400,000 and 500,000 kyats now.
03 Oct 2024
The regime has imposed additional travel restrictions since the last week of September due to military tensions between the military and Arakkha Army (AA) along the Arakan mountain range.
03 Oct 2024
The highest numbers of deaths were caused by regime airstrikes, artillery attacks and raids. There were 56 cases committed by junta forces and four cases in which the name of the group responsible was not known, the report said.
02 Oct 2024
Residents from Kyauksakwe, Melaungchaung and Ywartharyar villages fled to nearby villages following a clash between junta and AA troops near Kyauksakwe Village on September 26.
02 Oct 2024
The AA removed 28 landmines in 4th-Mile Ward, Thittaw Village and other locations in Maungdaw Township on October 1, according to local sources.
02 Oct 2024
Though UTIs are a condition affecting both sexes, women are more prone to contracting the infections, which can become a serious health issue if left unaddressed.
02 Oct 2024
An internally displaced person (IDP) was killed and another was injured in a junta airstrike on Nyaungchayhtauk Village, part of Arakan State's Thandwe Township, on Tuesday.
02 Oct 2024
The four men left home on September 30 to go fishing and family members have not been able to contact them since, local residents said.
01 Oct 2024
Around 200 houses across 13 villages in Phone Thar Chaung village-tract were destroyed by floodwaters. Residents are having financial difficulties rebuilding their homes.
01 Oct 2024
The number of illegal Myanmar migrants arrested by Thai authorities and handed over to the regime has increased year after year since the coup, according to organisations helping Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand.
01 Oct 2024
Myanmar's military regime has begun census-taking in towns it still controls in Arakan State including Sittwe, Ann, Taungup, Kyaukphyu, Manaung and Gwa.
01 Oct 2024
Multiple bombs dropped by a Y-12 military aircraft fell near Hsipaw Hospital, restaurants, a school and the Hsipaw Bridge, killing one civilian and injuring five others on September 29.
01 Oct 2024
Eighty-five civilian casualties were reported last month across Thandwe, Taungup, Myebon, Ponnagyun, Rathedaung and Gwa townships due to regime airstrikes, according to a DMG tally.
01 Oct 2024
Fighting between the Myanmar regime and Arakkha Army (AA) is ongoing and intense in Arakan State's Ann Township, where the military's Western Command is located, according to locals.
30 Sep 2024
The Myanmar Navy ship UMS Chin Dwin carried the Bangladeshis and anchored at the Bangladesh coast to take back the members of the Myanmar defence forces who fled the armed conflict in Arakan State.
30 Sep 2024
Myanmar’s military regime is once again conscripting internally displaced people (IDPs) from Muslim displacement camps in Arakan State’s Sittwe Township, Muslim IDPs told DMG.
30 Sep 2024
Among the parties that signed the joint statement are the Arakan State-based Rakhine State National Unity Party, Khami National Development Party and Mro National Development Party.
30 Sep 2024
The Y-12 aircraft reportedly conducted airstrikes on Tawkan, Wahbo, Minhla and Nyaungyaychaung villages in Sittwe Township and Kuntaung, Aungmyaygon, Sabahtar and Khamaungtaw villages in Ponnagyun Township on September 29.
30 Sep 2024
A junta aircraft reportedly dropped dozens of bombs on Maungdaw's Ward-2 and neighbouring villages on September 29, reducing "at least 100 homes" to ashes, according to one source.
29 Sep 2024
Two junta jet fighters launched at least six airstrikes on positions near BGF No. 5 and a Y-12 jet fighter dropped food packets on BGF No. 5 on September 28, locals said.