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 ...
Tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims remain trapped in northern Rakhine State, as fighting continues between the military and the Arakan Army. Rohingya youth in refugee camps in Bangladesh face ...
Since 1991, Bangladesh has been the main country of refuge for members of the Muslim Rohingya minority in Burma's Arakan State, many thousands of whom have fled gross human rights violations ...
Rohingya refugees, who fled Myanmar to escape persecution and genocide, have called for their return to their homeland, describing their life in Bangladesh as that of "birds in a cage”.
These insurgents, some forcibly recruited, are aligning with the Myanmar military against the Arakan Army. The situation is causing escalating violence and fear within the refugee camps ...
The separate Arakan Army has taken control over Rakhine state in Myanmar, pushing back against Junta-led forces. It is being claimed that the jihadi groups have been involved in acts of barbarity ...
"There are nearly 11 militant groups operating out of Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh which include the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO), Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), Arakan ...