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On April 7, the central committee Chief Coordinator for the Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), Cheosim Bom, was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion, an anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police, as reported by the Dhaka Tribune.  The Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) is a militant group that seeks to improve the rights and interests of members of the Kuki-Chin...

The Background: As this publication reported earlier this week, on 12 Mar, the Bangladeshi-flagged vessel MV Abdullah was hijacked by dozens, and possibly up to 50, Somali pirates. Initially, the crew was reported safe in the ship's citadel. However, it has been confirmed that the pirates took control of the vessel and steered it towards the Somali coast. By 0500 on...

Fearing attacks by the Arakan Army (AA), around 200 Myanmar military border guards retreated to neighboring Bangladesh on March 13th, 2024. The AA recently assaulted a junta base near Aungthapyae, near Maungdaw township in western Rakhine state, resulting in 179 junta troops moving to Bangladesh, as confirmed by the AA and officials in Bangladesh. This is not the first time junta...