More than 24.2 million ballots were cast during the three-phase 2025 general election, according to a report published on February 27 by the junta-controlled state newspaper Myanmar Alinn.

The United League of Arakan (ULA)’s Department of Public Health has begun conducting regular health check-ups and providing medical services to sex workers in areas controlled by the Arakan Army (AA) starting in 2026, as part of efforts to curb the spread of infectious diseases.

More than 675 ethnic Mro residents from Donenyo village in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, have fled their homes due to escalating threats posed by Muslim armed groups, including the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and the Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO).

Clashes have erupted between the Myanmar military regime and the Arakan Army (AA) near Wahbo and Tawkan Villages in Sittwe Township, with the junta deploying additional naval vessels and armored vehicles, according to military sources.

As intense fighting continues between the military regime and revolutionary forces across Myanmar, residents in several resistance-controlled areas are facing prolonged internet blackouts, effectively cutting off access to information and restricting freedom of expression.

The Arakan Army (AA) has expressed its intention to establish a strategic partnership with Bangladesh’s new government, citing long standing historical ties between the two regions.

Civil society organizations (CSOs) say severe internet restrictions in parts of Arakan State controlled by the Arakan Army (AA) are significantly delaying emergency relief and humanitarian operations.

As fighting intensifies across Arakan State, residents are calling for the installation of air raid warning systems as the military regime steps up aerial attacks on civilian areas in territories controlled by the Arakan Army (AA).

The death toll from the military junta’s airstrike on Yoengu Village, part of Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, has risen to 18 after a wounded civilian died while receiving emergency medical treatment.

Myanmar’s military regime has arrested dozens of Muslim villagers in Sittwe Township, including village administrators and 100-household heads, over alleged links to the Arakan Army (AA), according to local sources.

More than 200 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, are facing severe accommodation difficulties and urgently need assistance for shelter and food, according to displaced residents.

Children in Arakan State are suffering severe mental and physical trauma amid ongoing military conflict and airstrikes by Myanmar’s military regime, requiring urgent psychological support, according to civil society organizations (CSOs) assisting children.

Two children from Waithali Village in Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State, who sustained severe injuries from unexploded remnants of war, are in urgent need of financial support for ongoing medical treatment.

Children in Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U, and Minbya Townships, areas under the control of the Arakan Army, are facing a rising outbreak of hepatitis, local residents and healthcare sources report.

Heavy fighting has erupted in recent days between Myanmar’s military regime and a coalition led by the Arakan Army (AA) near the junta’s No. 344 Artillery Regiment in Mrauksan Village, Yekyi Township, Ayeyarwady Region, according to military and local sources.

Indigenous communities in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts say they are facing serious threats to their security and livelihoods due to the activities of Muslim armed groups, including the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and the Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO), according to local sources.

Since renewed fighting between Myanmar’s military regime and the Arakan Army (AA) in late 2023, people across Arakan State have been grappling with soaring commodity prices and a severe shortage of jobs.

The relocation of equipment from the VPower power plant in Kyaukphyu Township, a joint venture between Chinese state-owned CNTIC and Hong Kong-based VPower Group, is nearing completion amid escalating tensions in Arakan State.

Free education centers serving displaced children in Arakan State are facing serious sustainability challenges as financial assistance declines, officials say.