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.

Arakan Army (AA) spokesperson U Khaing Thukha said 926 locals have been killed at the hands of Myanmar’s military regime during the battle for control of Arakan State.

The Arakan Army (AA) has said that the upcoming election being organised by Myanmar's military regime is not beneficial to the Arakanese people, nor are the people of Arakan State interested in the election.

Myanmar's military regime aims to hold an election beginning late this year, but an election not backed by the will of the people could lead to further conflict in the country, say Myanmar women's rights activists.

The Independent Press Council Myanmar (IPCM) on Friday released a statement condemning the recently enacted law on the Protection of Multiparty Democratic General Elections from Obstruction, Disruption, and Destruction as a severe threat to freedom of expression and freedom of the press.

The Arakan Army (AA) announced on Thursday that a junta soldier who was forcibly conscripted by the military regime in Yangon had fled the Kyaukphyu frontline and defected.

Children across Myanmar have been severely deprived of education since the 2021 coup, with around 7 million, or 53 percent, of this year's school-age population out of school, the Institute for Strategy and Policy - Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar) said in a report on August 6.