The Myanmar junta and the Rakhine nationalist Arakan Army (AA) have agreed on an informal ceasefire in Rakhine State (Mizzima, November 29). This truce, which came into effect at the end of November, occurred despite a sharp escalation in fighting in the months following the collapse of the ceasefire that the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) and the AA concluded in late 2020. The AA has officially stated that the “difficulties and troubles” that the Rakhine people are suffering on account of restrictions and blockades imposed by the Tatmadaw prompted it to agree to the latest ceasefire (Narinjara News, November 27). Although the truce is providing Rakhine’s war-weary people with some respite, the question still arises around whether it will last.
The Arakan Army and Tatmadaw’s Tenuous Truces in Myanmar’s Rakhine State – Jamestown
