Myanmar Armed Group Calls for Evacuation as It Approaches Border Town

THE I DIPLOMAT
Sebastian Strangio
June 17, 2024

The Arakan Army has called for the mostly Rohingya residents of Maungdaw to leave, a month after it was accused of mass arson attacks in a neighboring township. 

A powerful ethnic armed group in Myanmar’s west says that it is on the verge of capturing Maungdaw, a mainly Rohingya town close to the country’s border with Bangladesh, and has called on its residents to evacuate as a matter of urgency.