Thursday, February 07, 2019
By SITHU AUNG MYINT | FRONTIER
Arakan Army leaders gather with other ethnic armed group representatives in Mai Ja Yang, a town controlled by the Kachin Independence Army on the border with China, in 2016. The AA was founded in Kachin State in 2009 with the support of the KIA. (AFP)
Historic grievances and Bamar chauvinism are among the factors that have fuelled Rakhine nationalism and supported the emergence of the Arakan Army.
AT THE HALF-WAY mark of its term in office, the National League for Democracy government has little to show for its efforts to achieve national peace, while the repatriation of Muslims who fled to Bangladesh since 2016 has yet to begin.