A thirteen-year-old girl from Ngan Chaung village in Maungdaw Township was murdered and the assailants are still at large, village administrator U Win Htay told the DMG.

More than 100 public schools in Arakan State are facing challenges to open due to ongoing clashes between the Tatmadaw and the AA in the region, according to Rakhine Ethnics Congress (REC).

“Pregnant women are suffering from living in IDP camps. They feel ill. They lack the comforts they were used to living in their homes. They cannot get any food they want to eat, and that’s crucial for pregnant women”

However, Ma Khin Aye, wife of the manager of the farm, said that the drugs were found at an old building located opposite of the farm and she thought it was a kind of fabrication.

Since ongoing conflicts between the Tatmadaw and the AA are escalating in Arakan State, farmers are not ready to grow monsoon paddy on nearly 100,000 acres of land, according to All Arakan State Farmers Union.

Ngapali beach this year saw a five percent drop in local visitor numbers compared to last year’s numbers because of intensifying clashes between the Tatmadaw and AA in northern Arakan State

A village administrator from a village in Kyauktaw Township was injured after he stepped on a landmine on the morning of 11 June.

“A few days ago, there had been clashes surrounding Pauk Taw Byin village. After the clashes, our informer said that members of the AA were staying with villagers in nearby villages,” Colonel Win Zaw Oo said.

A community based basic sewing training course is being presented to 20 women from Buddhist, Muslim and Hindu communities in Maungdaw Township.

Some refugees in the monastery are worried that they may face the same fate as the seven villagers who died while being interned in Kyauktan village in Rathedaung Township.

Some Muslims from Bangladesh refugee camps wanted to return home but they were threatened by the ARSA and they did not know which documents to fill out for the repatriation process.

The matriculation examination pass rate in Arakan State is the highest it’s been since 2017, according to the figures released by Arakan State Education Office.

Forty-six ward/village administrators from Kyauktaw Township resigned for reasons of personal safety because the Tatmadaw detained their peers for questioning.

Ko Min Thein Zan urged to solve the problems in Arakan State by negotiating between both sides rather than settling discords with bullets and bombs.

U Maung Win Kyine, the headmaster of the school, said that students were afraid of going to school because of clashes that broke out near their village since June 6.

 An unexploded artillery shell embedded in the ground in the monastery compound in Htaung Laung Pun village, Ponnagyun Township, made local villagers anxious about the potential danger of the ordinance detonating.

The regional government could not construct shelters for IDPs yet because of armed conflicts in Northern Arakan State, this has created mounting concern for their living in the coming rainy season.

A 40-year old man was killed and four others injured during clashes in Mrauk-U and Ponnagyun Townships, northern Arakan State, on June 5.

To step up security for No. (1) Sittwe Police Station, the police force notified shop owners of more than 70 shops that surround the police station from all four sides to move out by 15 June.