This page provides real-time news updates from the Global Arakan Network (GAN). We deliver the latest developments from Arakan and Arakan-related news.
In Maungdaw, Arakan State, following the end of the monsoon season, the Mya Kan Tha Kandawgyi Lake which has been distributing water to the town since September suffered water contamination due to rotting grass. https://t.co/aWpojOXVyB
October 9, 2016, marks the day when approximately 200 to 300 Muslim militants, armed with knives, slingshots, and rifles, launched coordinated pre-dawn attacks on three border police posts in northern Rakhine State.
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General Vijay Kumar Singh, Governor of Mizoram State, India, has directed IRCON International Ltd to accelerate work during the upcoming working season on the 109.2 km road project connecting Paletwa in Chin State, Myanmar, with Zorinpui in Mizoram. https://t.co/YZmJrcOsa9
On October 7, 2026, illicit drugs along with related currency were seized in a territory administered by the Brotherhood Alliance. https://t.co/yieXio88La
This will also create more barriers to a peaceful and sustainable resolution of the refugee question along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. https://t.co/3guU42IvQ5
October 6, 1995, marks the founding of the All-Arakan Students' and Youths' Congress (AASYC), a pivotal moment in the mobilization of the younger generation against military dictatorship. https://t.co/iBMNgCxgjf
"This is a place where civilians live. There is not a single Arakan Army member here; they live completely separately from civilians. Right now, Min Aung Hlaing is deliberately targeting and killing civilians."
The Arakan Army (AA) issued a statement yesterday, October 5, declaring that the fascist terrorist military junta is committing severe and continuous war crimes through repeated airstrikes on IDP camps using groups of fighter jets. https://t.co/pC29Cvgr9E
Following the mass murder in Kyauktaw Town on September 28, the terrorist Myanmar military has continued to bomb IDP camps in Arakha State, leaving eight displaced civilians dead and 11 injured over the two-day period of October 4 and 5. https://t.co/CiAcQM4fxT
The case of Htan Shauk Khan is particularly important. The ULA and its humanitarian wing, HDCO, have already provided an account of what happened during the fighting and how displaced villagers were relocated to a new village.
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The most important finding in the ISP-Myanmar assessment is that, despite the scale of the operation, ULA/AA has not yet suffered any significant territorial loss.
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While most of those who returned from Ayeyarwady Region yesterday and this morning have already been released back to their families, not a single Rakhine ethnic person from Rakhine State has been released as of today, family members said. https://t.co/HHRC9lmyaU
At around 5:30 p.m. today, the Myanmar military carried out an aerial bombardment of an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, using a fighter jet to drop two 500-pound bombs.
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Three local fishermen, including a boat owner, who went out fishing by boat in Myebon Township, Arakan(Rakhine) State, were detained and tortured by the Myanmar military navy. https://t.co/VK0gNzJu9W
A student was among two people killed and 13 others were injured after the military council launched an airstrike using a Y-12 aircraft on urban wards and several villages in Rathedaung Township, Arakan, the AA released in a statement on October 3. https://t.co/uA2tOqODfJ
The Arakan Army (AA) and the Kokang troops (MNDAA) have installed solar streetlights along the main urban roads in Mong Yu (105-Mile), located in the Brotherhood Alliance administrative zone of Muse Township, Northern Shan State. https://t.co/9dmIMH0UGI
At least three people were killed and no fewer than 12 others were injured after the junta military launched an airstrike using a Y-12 aircraft on Rathedaung Town and nearby villages in Arakan State this morning, October 3, according to local residents. https://t.co/YCBzGRlAXR