Arakan Army soldiers train in the Kachin Independence Army headquarters of Laiza, Kachin State, in 2019. (Frontier)

‘I want this nightmare to end’: Climate of fear haunts Rakhine

Civilians and community workers in Rakhine State are living in dread as the Arakan Army and military junta trade arrests, and the threat of war looms large.

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