Fishing is the main source of livelihood in Gwa, and residents rely on rice purchased from Ayeyarwady Region due to limited availability of farmland in their township.

“Employment opportunities are scarce. I can’t work like others, so it’s more difficult to support my family. Even those who can work are struggling to make ends meet with rising commodity prices,”

According to the 2014 Census, Manaung had a total population of more than 57,000 from five urban wards and 36 village-tracts, and some residents are currently facing serious health problems.

Many war-affected children are not consuming enough nutrients at a developing age and are showing signs of malnutrition, according to their parents.

The AA launched an attack on the military’s BGF Battalion No. 5 on July 29 and hundreds of junta soldiers retreated from their camp on July 30, a military source said.

The UWSP called for finding solutions through dialogue so that the economy can recover and internally displaced people (IDPs) can return home safely.

The Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) office in Maungdaw Town, Arakan State, was burgled recently and pharmaceuticals were stolen, according to residents.

Refugees said Muslim armed groups such as the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO) abduct young people from the refugee camps in Bangladesh and turn them over to the military regime.

An elderly woman and three children from Wetkhaung Village in Kyauktaw Township contracted malaria and influenza and reportedly died because they could not receive medical treatment in time due to financial difficulties.

The Arakan State military council issued a notification on July 25 stating that action would be taken against civil servants in Arakan State for failing to report, according to government employees.

According to a July 28 statement from the three-member alliance, some “unintelligent” individuals have put out at least 10 fake statements under the name and stamps of the Three Brotherhood Alliance, using poorly written Chinese, falsehoods and Photoshop.

The AA is focused on overtaking Maungdaw, a border town in northern Arakan State adjacent to Bangladesh, where the regime maintains a strategic foothold.

Muslim refugees abducted from Bangladesh refugee camps were forced to join junta battalions in Maungdaw Township, where they underwent military training before being sent to the frontline.

A young man from Nay Pu Khan camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State's Kyauktaw Township drowned in the Kaladan River on the evening of July 28, family members said.

Five people including an administrator were injured after a mortar shell fired by Myanmar’s military regime fell and exploded in Ahtet Kanthayar Village, part of Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township, on Sunday.

The RCSS issued its lament in an announcement accompanying the Shan ethnic armed group’s biannual meeting on Monday at its headquarters in Loi Tai Leng, southern Shan State.

The KyweO Bridge near Thandwe Town collapsed when a group of IDPs from Jeittaw Ward crossed the bridge amid heavy fighting on the morning of July 27, according to a resident of Thandwe. 

A landslide occurred at a section of the Gwa-Ngathainggyaung road connecting Arakan State and Ayeyarwady Region due to incessant heavy rains in recent days.

More than 100 conscripts who recently completed their training have been assigned to security checkpoints, battalions and night patrols, sources told DMG.