Monthly Report | August 2025
Junta airstrikes and naval attacks in Kyaukphyu and Mrauk-U killed civilians, including 14 in Mrauk- U, displacing over 50,000 in Kyaukphyu by August 30. The Arakan Army (AA) clashed with junta forces...
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Published 2024
Monthly Report | July 2025
Conflict Escalation, Flood Disasters, and Humanitarian Response in Arakan
On July 2, shortly after the Myanmar military announced a ceasefire extension, fierce clashes erupted once again
in Kyaukphyu. Junta forces launched airstrikes
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Monthly Report | June 2025
Blood, Water, and Displacement: Arakan's War-Torn Reality
On June 3, shortly after the Myanmar junta and the Three Brotherhood Alliance extended a temporary truce, fierce clashes
erupted in Kyaukphyu. Junta forces bombarded...
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Monthly Report | April 2025
War, Famine, Rebel Governance in Arakan
ARSA’s attacks on minorities and rising cross-border tensions—including the AA’s detention of
Bangladesh fishermen—further intensified ethnic and regional friction.
The AA’s 16th anniversary...
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Monthly Report | March 2025
Governance, Ground Gains, and Growing Crises
Junta Airstrikes in Kyaukphyu: Junta drone strikes and airstrikes targeted Kyaukphyu, hitting Sane Cottage Hospital on March 10, destroying 20 homes...
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Monthly Report | Febuary 2025
February in Focus:Arakan’s Conflict and Crops
Arakan is facing deepening humanitarian challenges, including water shortages, disease outbreaks, and medication scarcity,
which particularly affect children...
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Monthly Report | No.27-January 2025
Conflict Dynamics and Socio-Economic Impacts in Arakan
There has been more shelling this month. They are targeting villagers in the mountains and those along the coast. There has been no fighting recently, but the villagers fled due to the threat of shelling," said a male resident of Kyaukphyu.
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Monthly Report | December 2024
December in Arakan:Shifting Battlefields and Rising Challenges
The AA banned imported alcoholic beverages to boost the local economy and reduce funding to the junta,confiscating banned alcohol shortly thereafter.
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Monthly Report | November 2024
November 2024:Escalation and Suffering in Arakan
The armed clashes continued to intensify in Arakan during November 2024. The AA advanced in the Ann, Gwa, and Maungdaw warzones.
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Monthly Report | October 2024
Escalating Armed Conflict and Its Toll on Arakan
Phone and internet communication blackouts continued in several townships of Arakan, and the availability of electricity in urban areas was minimal. Local transportation and trade remained difficult.
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Monthly Report | September 2024
Arakan Faces Military Strikes, Economic Decline, and Health Emergencies
The junta military then fortified villages at the gateway to Sittwe. On September 4, the MNDAA, TNLA, and AA were declared terrorist organizations by the junta.
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Monthly Report | August 2024
Rising Civilian Casualties, Economic Turmoil, and Humanitarian Crises in Arakan State
“We have received reliable information that two AA soldiers were subjected to various forms of torture by the CNF/CNA. The CNF/CNA asked the two AA soldiers to testify as they wished,” said U Khaing Thukha, spokesperson of the AA.
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Atrocities Mount Amid the Return to War in Western Myanmar
About four months after fighting resumed between Myanmar’s military junta and the Arakan Army (AA) in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State, junta forces are increasingly resorting to airstrikes and artillery barrages against civilian populations, amid reported losses on the ground.
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Arakan Review: Return To War
Just 20 months after a de facto ceasefire between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA), a series of armed clashes resumed in three locations in northern Rakhine, and another one in its neighboring southern Chin state’s Paletwa.
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Footsteps of China and India on Arakan in Post-Coup Myanmar
JWhile the junta’s forces and Arakan Army (AA) are now in an informal truce, the news of the registration of the political parties in Rakhine have become more prominent in March. As the twoarmed parties are in a lack of trust toward each other, the reinforcements of the military force and silent confrontation become the affairs of politics. For example, neither the junta has a clear date for its sham election, nor the ULA has a decisive stand on election issues.
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A Comparative Analysis of the Post-Cyclone Scenarios of Mocha and Nargis in Myanmar
In comparison between Cyclone Nargis and Mocha, the military regimes’ responses, and actions towards the cyclones’ management in short and long-term perspectives can be seen as not too different. Their own actions for emergency responses and rehabilitation processes remain insufficient in certain factors that lead the affected communities to be more harmful.
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The Investments of China and India in Rakhine State: The Perspectives of Rakhine Stakeholders on Ground in Post-Coup Myanmar
The Rakhine State in Myanmar offers immense potential for foreign direct investment (FDI) owing to its strategic location, abundant natural resources, and diverse opportunities in sectors such as agriculture, fishery, tourism, oil and gas, and services. In this context, it is essential to examine the major investments made by China and India in Rakhine State to understand their implications for the local stakeholders.
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Footsteps of China and India on Arakan in Post-Coup Myanmar
While the junta’s forces and Arakan Army (AA) are now in an informal truce, the news of the registration of the political parties in Rakhine have become more prominent in March. As the twoarmed parties are in a lack of trust toward each other,...
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Monthly Report | March 2023
While the junta’s forces and Arakan Army (AA) are now in an informal truce, the news of the registration of the political parties in Rakhine have become more prominent in March.
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Monthly Report | Febuary 2023
In February 2023, both tensions and relaxation could be seen in politics in Rakhine State. Tensions between the Arakan Army, and junta forces happened due after the junta forces' reinforcement such as military types of equipment, patrol and,...
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Arakan Review: Return To War
Just 20 months after a de facto ceasefire between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA), a series of armed clashes resumed in three locations in northern Rakhine,...