For all their success against the junta, the ethnic armies of northern Shan and Rakhine are not part of a broader united front fighting for a common, nationwide goal.

“Maraland and Rakhine State are adjacent to each other,” Lakher of ... In late April, the alliance captured Kyin Dway village in Kanpetlet Township in the south, as well as regime posts in Tedim ...

There are two key reasons why Rakhine State, also known as Arakan, might emerge as Myanmar’s first fully autonomous region, free from both the Myanmar military and foreign interference.

As the Arakan Army is on the verge of expelling the Myanmar military in the Rakhine State, Bangladesh needs to expand the scope of its engagement with the rebel group, said the International ...

A boat in the Naf River, which forms part of the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar’s Rakhine State, February 1, 2019. Evidence is mounting that a prominent ethnic armed group was responsible ...

The Arakan Army has made rapid advances across Rakhine state since November 2023 and is set to create the single largest area controlled by an ethnic armed group since the coup, the International ...

The International Crisis Group, a global non-profit, non-governmental organization, has called on Bangladesh’s interim government to engage with the ethnic Rakhine group Arakan Army as it is carving ...

A fresh wave of violence forcing displacement of Rohingya people in Rakhine is a cause for concern for Bangladesh as the country failed to repatriate the Rohingyas who came here in 2017 and before.

He also urged the international community to apply more pressure on the Arakan Army to cease its attacks on the Rohingya in Rakhine state. Sign up here. Asia Pacificcategory First conviction under ...

UNICEF has also raised alarm over the worsening situation in Rakhine, citing increasing reports of civilians, especially children, being caught in the crossfire. It said that seven years after the ...