A delegation led by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees travelled to Arakan State on Sunday, visiting the troubled region less than a week after security forces there were put on high alert amid a spate of recent killings that the government has blamed on “terrorists.”

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.

According to a statement from the State Counsellor's Office, the trainees say they were instructed in martial arts, basic military training, and terrorism tactics.

Locals in seven townships across Arakan State staged protests on Friday against a new radio station broadcasting in Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung townships and providing Rohingya-language programming, which the protesters view as legitimising the Rohingya population.

Fishing, a major industry in impoverished Arakan State, has been in a long decline, pushing many coastal communities into debt.

Locals in Taungup, Arakan State, staged a protest on Sunday to voice their displeasure at the factionalism that has beset one of the country’s...