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: 22 January 2022

• Colleges

Five institutions of higher learning in Myanmar will be upgraded to government technical colleges (GTCs) in the 2022-23 academic year, including one in Kyaukphyu, Arakan State.

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: 22 January 2022

• Education

A school in Myo Ywar village, part of Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, is badly damaged and requires a major reconstruction effort, according to its headmaster.

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: 22 January 2022

• Media
• DMG

A Myanmar military officer has filed a lawsuit against Ko Wunna Khwar Nyo, editor-in-chief of Western News, and a reporter from the Arakan State-based news outlet, at the Sittwe District Court.

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: 21 January 2022

• IDP Camp

Children from Nyaung Chaung camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, are reportedly suffering from diarrhoea due to unsafe drinking water. 

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: 21 January 2022

• Animal Desease

More pigs have died of disease in Manaung Township, Arakan State, according to locals. The pigs died of diarrhoea and malnutrition, said Daw Ah Ngel Ma, an affected swine farmer in Theinkon village.

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: 21 January 2022

• Kyauktaw

The developer rebuilding homes in Payarpaung village, part of Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township, which were burnt down during the regional armed conflict from 2018-20, has reportedly suspended operations due to financial difficulties. 

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: 20 January 2022

• University

The Department of Higher Education under Myanmar’s military regime has announced that final-year courses for those studying the sciences at the University of Distance Education will be reopened for the 2022 academic year.

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: 20 January 2022

• Arakan Dream

Students at some schools in northern Arakan State townships such as Minbya, Mrauk-U, Kyauktaw, Ponnagyun, Rathedaung, and Buthidaung have reportedly been singing the Arakha national anthem since last year.

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: 20 January 2022

• NCA

Ethnic politicians are concerned that Myanmar’s post-coup peace process will not be successful if it continues in line with the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA).

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: 20 January 2022

• Ann

The Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) has allowed residents of Dar Let Chaung village-tract in Arakan State’s Ann Township to carry only a limited amount of rice from January 3, according to locals.