The junta-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC) announced on August 18 that the first phase of the election will begin on December 28, 2025, and that the election will be held in multiple stages.

Residents of more than 20 villages near the Sittwe-Ponnagyun border have been forced to evacuate to safer areas due to fears of further fighting between Myanmar's military regime and the Arakan Army (AA).

Myanmar's military regime has alleged that over 600 Muslims in Htan Shauk Khan Village, part of Arakan State's Buthidaung Township, were massacred by the Arakan Army (AA) last year.

At least 37 civilians were killed and injured due to heavy weapons and airstrikes by Myanmar's military regime in the six months between February 20, when fighting between the junta and Arakan Army (AA) began in Kyaukphyu, Arakan State, and August 17.

Daily clashes between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army (AA) in recent days have forced local people from three villages in Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State, to flee to safer locations.

Fighting between Myanmar's military regime and the Arakan Army (AA) continues on three fronts in the border areas, including Arakan State, the ethnic armed group said in a statement on Saturday.

Myanmar's military regime has begun preparations for elections slated for late this year or early 2026 in the three Arakan State townships under its control.

A robbery at gunpoint occurred at a house in Taungyin Ward, Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State, which is controlled by the military regime.

"There are still scattered regional defence forces and groups in Myanmar's heartland today. We need to work with them to find solutions, to provide them with the resources they need to carry out their military operations, including finances, weapons, food, and medicine, so that we can work together militarily and politically," U Myo Htike Tan Thein, chairman of the NRA foreign affairs commission, told DMG.

A UN investigative body says Myanmar's military regime is blocking humanitarian aid to people in need in Arakan State.

Some locals have reportedly been arrested and questioned in the Arakan State capital Sittwe, which is still under the control of Myanmar's military regime.

An LGBT couple died by suicide on Tuesday after jumping off a bridge in Minbya Township, Arakan State, according to locals.

The Arakan Army (AA) has said it will continue to support and protect foreign investment projects funded by India and China in Arakan State.

The Arakan Army (AA) released 144 family members of prisoners of war captured during the battle for control of Taungup in Arakan State on August 9, military sources said.

The World Food Programme (WFP) reported on August 12 that 57 percent of households in central Arakan State are unable to afford to meet basic food needs as a result of the ongoing military conflict.

The Arakan Army (AA) has denied allegations that its troops were responsible for killing hundreds of Muslims in Htan Shauk Khan Village in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, which Rohingya activists and human rights groups have accused the ethnic armed group of perpetrating.

The Arakan Army (AA) has attempted to distance itself from the feuding between Chin armed groups in Chin State, where its spokesman insisted the AA was only helping to drive out the military regime.

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) has reportedly attacked multiple security outposts of the Arakan Army (AA) on the Bangladesh border in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State.

The Department of Education under the United League of Arakan (ULA) is trying to establish a modern education system and advanced curricula for basic education students and university students in Arakan State, the spokesperson for the Arakan Army (AA) said Monday.