Japan has provided US$6.7 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) to support Rohingya and vulnerable host communities in Cox’s Bazar through food assistance, nutrition services and agricultural resilience initiatives. The United Nations World Food Programme welcomed the new contribution, equivalent to JPY 1.05 billion, from the Government of Japan aimed at strengthening food security […]
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Amid ongoing solar-sector cooperation between the Myanmar regime and China, a launch ceremony for the Mekong-Lancang (2025) Solar Technology Standardization and Solar Capacity Testing Center Establishment Project was held in Naypyitaw on Wednesday, according to military-run Myawaddy media. The event was attended by Dr. Aung Zeya, the junta’s deputy minister for science and technology, Dr. […]
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Allegations of a grave human rights violation have surfaced within the NUG-affiliated PDF Battalion 20, based in Yinmarbin Township. Reports indicate that the battalion commander allegedly sexually assaulted a female Muslim volunteer soldier while she was held in a detention cell. Incident Summary The victim, a Muslim woman and mother of a three-year-old child, was […]
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Japan has signed a new agreement with the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), providing $1.4 million to deliver life-saving support to Rohingya children and families in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char. The funding will benefit more than 56,500 Rohingya, including over 36,000 children, through critical services in education, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), nutrition and […]
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(Initial fee set at 3 million kyats, including annual registration and quarterly tax) In Rakhine State, privately owned Starlink internet devices must pay tax to the Arakan Army (AA) in order to be used legally, according to AA officials. After previously confiscating privately owned Starlink devices that were being used without official permission over the […]
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The Arakan Army (AA) has launched a renewed and intensified offensive against the junta’s Shwe Mingan naval station and several nearby military outposts close to Zawmadat Village, just north of Sittwe, according to local residents and military sources. The AA is reportedly encircling the Shwe Mingan naval base from both land and sea, marking a […]
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The call for sanctions against the Arakan Army (AA) underscores a critical escalation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, where as stated by UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews. This push coincides with fresh diplomatic maneuvers amid clashes that have deepened the humanitarian catastrophe for Rohingya civilians, highlighting tensions between ethnic autonomy demands and broader human rights protections. Escalating Conflict […]
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At least 25 civilians, including Rakhine traders, were killed in an airstrike by the Myanmar junta on trucks carrying goods to Rakhine near Prong village under Mindon township of Magway region, said local residents. The airstrike occurred at around 11 am on 1 March, resulting in the deaths of 25 people including two women and […]
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Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari says community increasingly caught in escalating conflict The United Nations has raised renewed alarm over the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation facing Rohingya civilians in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, warning that the community is being targeted by both the military council and the Arakan Army (AA). In a Security Council briefing in […]
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Myanmar today stands at the crossroads of civil war, authoritarian entrenchment, and foreign exploitation. At the centre of this storm is China, a neighbour whose influence stretches across Myanmar’s political, economic, and ecological landscape. Beijing’s strategy is not one-dimensional; it is a calculated double game. On the one hand, China supplies arms and ammunition to […]
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