One of the most powerful ethnic minority armed groups battling Myanmar’s army has claimed the capture of the last army outpost in the strategic western town of Maungdaw, gaining full control of ...

The location of the attack site has been placed just outside the coastal Myanmar town of Maungdaw by Reuters. One man said his wife and two-year-old daughter were injured in the attack and later ...

Everyone was scared because we have never left Maungdaw, so did not know what to expect in Bangladesh. We crossed the river to Bangladesh by boat. We paid the owner 20,000 Myanmar Kyat ($15 ...

Myanmar’s military government did not immediately comment. Maungdaw, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) southwest of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, has been the target of an Arakan ...

As breaches of international humanitarian law (IHL) multiply in Myanmar’s conflicts, past shortcomings in promoting restraint in war and respect for civilians’ rights among anti-junta groups point to ...

Many Myanmar governments have claimed that the Rohingya are ... and if they do are usually accompanied by a police escort. ‘Outside Maungdaw town it is difficult to come to hospital. It’s especially ...

In 1990, Myanmar held its first general election since ... In December 2024, fighting in the city of Maungdaw in Rakhine State ended with victory for the Arakan Army, an ethnic Buddhist militant ...

Myanmar's junta is pushing back with a new ... The focus has since shifted from Buthidaung to the neighboring township of Maungdaw, also home to a large population of Rohingya.

Myanmar security forces accompany Hindu villagers to the site ... and injured another woman on the outskirts of Maungdaw town, near Myo Thu Gyi village. 'The people who shot us were dressed in black. ...

Northern Arakan, consisting of contemporary Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships, has since the late eighteenth century been a region of intermittent unrest and refugee flows. Thousands of Rohingya ...