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

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 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.

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

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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 ...

On Jan. 18, the Myanmar army classified the Arakan Army as a terrorist organization. At a news conference, military officers said Suu Kyi ordered them to launch an offensive against the group.

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