Another Conflict Wracks Myanmar’s Rakhine Province

Arakan Army the latest to seek some form of autonomy

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…