Bomb blasts damage vehicles along Minbya-Mrauk U road
Three explosive devices went off beside a road connecting the towns of Minbya and Mrauk U in Arakan State on Tuesday evening, damaging an express bus and a truck but leaving no casualties.
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Minbya villagers say govt troops conducting house-to-house sweeps
Locals in Arakan State’s Minbya Township say Tatmadaw troops have been raiding their homes and questioning villagers for alleged ties to the Arakan Army.
2 injured in Minbya fuel warehouse fire
Firefighters continue efforts to suppress the blaze on Friday afternoon. At least two persons are hospitalised for severe burns.
Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Whirlwind wreaks havoc in Minbya
Nearly 170 people were left homeless when a whirlwind struck Arakan State’s Minbya Township on Thursday.
Soldiers clash with local residents in Minbya
Nov 18, 2008 (DVB), Four people have been hospitalised following a clash between soldiers and local people in Minbya in Arakan state on the evening of 11 November, according to[…]
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Landmines ‘apparently targeting’ military convoys in Rakhine
State media says one person was injured when military trucks hit landmines in Burma’s troubled Rakhine State this week.
Human Trafficking Lead Story News Rohingya
Trafficked teenagers face prison for traveling without IDs
A group of Muslim youths detained in Rangoon last month could spend two years in prison for leaving Arakan State without national registration cards.
Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Relief boat capsized by whirlpool in Arakan
One crew member is missing and presumed dead after a boat carrying aid was sucked into a whirlpool near Minbya.
1,000 people evacuated in Latpadaung due to floods
DVB spoke to one resident who put the blame for the floods squarely on the Wanbao copper mine, saying it affects the free flow of the Chindwin River.
Trespassing charges dropped for Arakanese politician
A court in Arakan State has overturned an earlier conviction against a politician accused of intimidating the supporter of a political rival.
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Arakan MP-elect found guilty of trespass, intimidation
The verdict strips of his right to serve in the Arakan State legislature, however he reserves the right to appeal.
Burmese army vows to ‘exterminate’ Arakan rebels
“Several” Burmese army personnel, including a commanding officer, have been killed during a skirmish with ethnic rebels the Arakan Army (AA), according to military media.
Floods cause clean water shortages across Burma
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Floods cause clean water shortages across Burma
Officials and aid workers warn that hundreds of communities face an acute shortage of clean water after floods contaminated ponds and wells.
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One million affected by floods
Some one million people in Burma have been affected by recent floods, which cost the lives of nearly a hundred people, according to the government’s Relief and Resettlement Department (RRD).
Flood crisis: Arakan death toll rises to 55
Burma’s government has now put the death toll relating to torrential flooding at 55 in Arakan State, but local parliamentarian Pe Than said the final figure was likely to be higher.
Alleged Arakan Army associates in court in Kyauktaw
Thirty-two individuals are facing charges under the Unlawful Associations Act.
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Clashes leave Arakan residents displaced, short of food
More than a thousand are cut off from supplies amid fighting between government and rebel forces, as arrests are made of those with suspected militia ties.
Buddhists protest the resettlement of Rohingya Muslims
Hundreds of Buddhist residents in western Burma’s Arakan state took to the streets this week to protest a government plan to resettle Rohingya Muslims, who were uprooted in last year’s ethno-religious clashes
More than 26,000 people displaced during recent clashes
Homeless people fled to packed camps or clustered near their charred houses in western Burma on Sunday, amid ongoing unrest that the UN said displaced 26,500 from mainly Muslim communities
Arakanese MP dies of heart disease
Aung Sein Tha, who had taken part in the 1962 student protest and fought with the Arakan Communist Party, dies aged 75
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Bomb explodes at Buthidaung mosque
A police officer at the local Taung Bazar police station said the blast occurred inside a building that served both as a mosque and madrassa.
16 dead as dengue fever sweeps Arakan State
The number of dengue fever cases in the first six months of this year was higher than the whole of 2016.
Arakan Chin Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Cyclone Mora batters Burma’s west coast
Cyclone Mora wreaked havoc on Burma’s west coast in the early hours of this morning, leaving a trail of destruction across Arakan and Chin states.
Food, water, shelter needed for Arakan flood evacuees
The main townships affected are reported to be Minbya, Ponnagyun, Mrauk-U, Pauktaw and Kyauktaw.
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Arakan enduring another deadly monsoon season
Another four people died in Taunggup on Saturday when they were swept away by the current as they attempted to walk across a flooded field.
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2015 election: Voter lists ready in flood-hit areas
Despite speculation that Arakan, Chin and Sagaing regions would not be ready in time, Burma’s election commission says it is up to speed.
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Burma left to count cost of flood disaster
Damage to livestock and farming infrastructure has compounded the strain on some 1.6 million people affected by recent monsoonal flooding and landslides.
Arakan Burma Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Mrauk-U struggles with rising floodwater
The town of Mrauk-U in Arakan State has suffered the greatest impact from monsoonal flooding.
Aid Chin Lead Story Natural Disasters News
Food shortages in Chin State following floods, landslides
Chin political parties urge President Thein Sein to order airlifts of emergency food aid to affected areas.
