Another Conflict Wracks Myanmar’s Rakhine Province
Arakan Army the latest to seek some form of autonomy
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By: Michele Penna
In Rakhine, Myanmar’s westernmost province, the folly of war has not quite stopped as the Covid-19 virus continues its march across a country singularly unprepared for it. An increasingly bold Arakan Army (AA), which is seeking some form of autonomy from the Burmese government, is clashing with the country’s central military in a provin…
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