The Arakan-Bangladesh border trade has completely stopped amid tense relations between Bangladesh and the Arakan Army (AA) in recent days.

An ethnic Mro man from Gyitchaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township, was severely injured in a landmine explosion while going to his farm on Wednesday afternoon.

Thousands of local residents in Hpakant Township, Kachin State, have been displaced in recent days due to intense clashes, junta airstrikes, and the arbitrary arrests and killings of civilians, according to local sources. Tens of thousands of Arakanese migrant workers are among those affected.

The Arakan Army (AA) on Sunday released 70 prisoners of war captured during the battles for control of Thandwe and Gwa in Arakan State.

Aid workers say that displaced people in Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State, who were forced to flee their homes due to fighting between Myanmar's military regime and the Arakan Army are facing starvation due to a lack of aid.

The Border News Agency (BNA), a news outlet in Arakan State, has called for the release of female journalist Mudra, who was taken for questioning by the Arakan Army's intelligence unit.

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), which had made repeated attempts to seize a border security camp in northern Maungdaw Township near the Arakan-Bangladesh border, fled into Bangladesh after being repelled by a counterattack from the Arakan Army (AA), according to locals and military sources close to the AA.

Political analysts say the ongoing fighting along the Arakan-Bangladesh border, along with military and political tensions, could pose obstacles and setbacks to the repatriation of Muslim refugees in Bangladesh.

Heavy fighting has continued for about a week between the Arakan Army (AA) and the Muslim armed group ARSA (Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army) along the Arakan-Bangladesh border in northern Maungdaw Township, with the AA reportedly reinforcing its troops and conducting clearance operations, according to local sources.

Intense daily combat is reported along the Arakan-Magway border as Myanmar military junta forces launch a major offensive to retake lost outposts on the Ann-Padan road mountain range in Ngaphe Township, Magway Region, according to military sources close to the Arakan Army (AA).

The Arakan Army (AA) announced on September 19 that the Muslim armed group ARSA has been abducting local civilians in Maungdaw Township, along the Arakan-Bangladesh border, and circulating photos and video files on social media portraying those detainees as captured AA members.

Heavy clashes have erupted in recent days between the Muslim armed group ARSA and the Arakan Army (AA) near the northern part of Taung Pyo Letwae, Maungdaw Township, along the Bangladesh border.

The Arakan Army (AA) announced yesterday that it will strengthen security along the Arakan-Bangladesh border due to increased activities by Muslim armed groups, and urged local residents to notify the AA before traveling in border areas.

The Arakan Army (AA), which currently controls much of Arakan State, has prioritised fostering social harmony between Arakanese and Muslim communities as part of rebuilding efforts in the region. Muslim administrative and religious leaders said they strongly condemn those attempting to undermine this process.

Since Myanmar's military seized power in February 2021, there have been at least 92 incidents of mass civilian killings across the country, according to a statement released on September 19 by the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar).

Five vendors from Tamanthar Village in northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, were reportedly killed by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) while on their way to neighbouring Innchaung Village on the border with Bangladesh.

Township-level election commission officials are reportedly providing voting training courses to residents of the Arakan State capital Sittwe, which is controlled by Myanmar's military regime, to help them vote in the upcoming elections.

The Humanitarian and Development Coordination Office (HDCO) of the United League of Arakan (ULA) has warned that mosquito breeding rates in Arakan State are increasing, which could lead to a rise in the incidence of mosquito-borne illnesses.

More than four years since the coup that launched a nationwide armed uprising against the military regime that seized power, fighting incidents have decreased by more than 50 percent over the past year, according to BNI-Myanmar Peace Monitor.