Arakan Army gains ground in Rakhine conflict, seizes control of Paletwa and other towns

BORDER LENS
The Borderlens Desk
February 20, 2024 

Reports emerging from Myanmar on Thursday have indicated that an ethnic army in the country has launched an attack on yet another major city in the west, with the state’s capital not far behind. The Arakan Army (AA), a rebel group, has intensified its fighting against Myanmar’s army in the strategically significant city of Sittwe in Rakhine province. This area holds particular importance due to India’s construction of a port for connectivity to its northeastern states via the Bay of Bengal.

Echoes of 2017 Genocide as Myanmar Junta Imposes ‘Four Cuts’ on Rakhine

The Irrawaddy
by Ko Oo
November 23, 2023

A junta warship in Rakhine

Fighting erupted between the Myanmar military and ethnic Rakhine Arakan Army (AA) on November 13, ending a yearlong ceasefire. The latest bout of fighting is the third since late 2018.

UN special envoy visits refugee camps in Sittwe

Nyan Lynn Aung 24 Jan 2019 

 

                                                                 UN Special Envoy Christine Schraner Burgener. Photo - EPA


The United Nations special envoy to Myanmar on Wednesday visited Muslim refugees who were displaced by the 2012 conflict in northern Rakhine State, a state official said.

A Rakhine government official said Christine Schraner Burgener met with refugees at A Nout Ye and Kal Ni Pyin camps in Pauktaw township.

Court indicts four Arakan youths in slaying of Tatmadaw corporal

NAW BETTY HAN 16 JAN 2019

 

The Sittwe Court has charged four youths with the murder of a soldier in Rakhine State, a lawyer for the accused said.

The court indicted the suspects on Monday in the killing of Corporal Phoe Lone, lawyer U Tun Aung Kyaw said.