Food, water, shelter needed for Arakan flood evacuees
The main townships affected are reported to be Minbya, Ponnagyun, Mrauk-U, Pauktaw and Kyauktaw.
The main townships affected are reported to be Minbya, Ponnagyun, Mrauk-U, Pauktaw and Kyauktaw.
Celebrated Burmese meteorologist Tun Lwin has predicted that floods will soon blanket all of western Arakan State, as well as the Chin, Sagaing and Kachin regions.
Arakan Lead Story News Politics
Old divisions in the Arakan National Party appear to be in play again as nearly a thousand party members in Kyauktaw threaten to resign.
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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.
Arakan Lead Story Military News
Twenty Arakanese locals standing accused of unlawful association with the Arakan Army appeared in Kyauktaw township court for their second hearing.
Thirty-two individuals are facing charges under the Unlawful Associations Act.
Twenty-three people have been detained by police in the Arakan State town of Kyauktaw on suspicion of connections with rebel ethnic group the Arakan Army.
Arakan Conflict Lead Story News
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.
Arakan Conflict Lead Story News
Engagement in Paletwa, Chin State, follows last week’s hostilities in Kyauktaw.
Arakan Conflict Lead Story News
Burmese government forces clashed with the rebel Arakan Army on 17 and 18 April in the western Burmese district of Kyauktaw; no reports of casualties.