My name is Nurul Amin. I am a 56-year-old Rohingya from Tombru Village in Maungdaw Township, Arakan (Rakhine) State. My ...

Between August 2024 and February 2025, Fortify Rights interviewed 15 residents of Rakhine State, Myanmar and newly arrived refugees from Myanmar, including five women, in Bangladesh—including ethnic ...

Starved of outside support, resistance groups have been forced to adopt low-cost solutions to battlefield challenges.

Arakan Army troops were observed near Kyauk Pan Du beach in Maungdaw on June 3, 2024. (Photo: AA Info Desk) The Arakan Army (AA), which now controls over half of Rakhine State, is disrupting maritime ...

Dil Mohammed’s rise to power began in a small, impoverished village in northern Maungdaw. Born in Shatkinna Fara (That Kaing Nyar in Burmese), he spent his childhood as a hired labourer among the Thet ...

The boat remains in the Kharangkhali canal of Maungdaw township in Myanmar's Rakhine State. Jasim Uddin, general manager of United Land Port at Teknaf, confirmed hearing about the trawler's seizure.

Among them was 19-year-old Sadeqa Bibi and her 2-year-old son. Until 2024, she and her husband had been leading what she described as “a normal life” in a village near the town of Maungdaw in Rakhine.

Military analysts say it is only a matter of time before the ethnic army captures Rakhine’s capital, having already seized key targets, including Ann – home to the junta’s Western Command – and ...

In recent weeks, the AA has taken full control of 14 out of 17 townships, including Maungdaw near Teknaf, from the Myanmar military junta. Armed fighting still continues to capture the remaining ...

The situation in Maungdaw could not be independently confirmed, with access to the internet and mobile phone services in the area mostly cut off. Myanmar's military government did not immediately ...