While many hope that the AA will join the fight against the military junta, a return to war would be devastating for the people of Rakhine.

Myanmar's Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ethnic group, could face an imminent acute famine, the United Nations ...

The Arakan Army must now consolidate its unprecedented territorial gains in Rakhine State and contend with humanitarian, intercommunal and international challenges.

He admitted it would, however, require the "authorisation and the cooperation of the parties to the conflict ... of the dire humanitarian situation in Rakhine State, Bangladesh will positively ...

Dignified repatriation of Rohingyas immediately would be extremely difficult, given the ongoing conflict between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army in Rakhine, he said. For all latest news ...