Arakan Army vows to block Myanmar elections in areas it controls, challenging military junta's legitimacy and power.

The ethnic army said it would block polls in areas it controls, denouncing them as a sham, and vowed to capture all townships in Rakhine State.

The detainee, Jiban Tonchongya, 21, of Gorjbonia village in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban district, identified himself as a member of the Arakan Army, said BGB, adding that he sought refuge.

The Arakan Army, on the other hand, and their leaders say Muslims do have a home here, that they can be officials, they can be judges and doctors and police in their new government as long as ...

Caught between abuses by the Arakan Army and the junta, residents are starving and cut off from international aid in a region ...

The Arakan Army has imposed severe restrictions and committed grave rights abuses against the ethnic Rohingya population in ...

The Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group fighting Burma’s military that is based in the state of Rakhine, has reportedly seized a township bordering India and Bangladesh.

The Arakan Army, a prominent and powerful ethnic rebel group combating Burma's military junta, claims it has taken hundreds of soldiers prisoner after seizing Operational Command No. 15 ...

The Arakan Army is the well-trained and well-armed military wing of the Rakhine ethnic minority movement, which seeks autonomy from Myanmar’s central government. Rakhine is where a brutal army ...

The international community must reverse cuts to humanitarian aid for the Rohingya and work with Dhaka authorities to improve ...

One of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic groups pledged on Monday to block elections in areas it controls, rejecting polls the ...