Myanmar junta’s grip weakening in Chin State

With nearly four years having passed since the coup, Myanmar’s military regime has entirely lost control of half of the ten townships of Chin State in the country’s northwest.  

A grouping of ethnic armed organisations called the Chin Brotherhood (or Chin Brothers) alliance has taken over the towns of Mindat, Kanpetlet, and Matupi on the southern side of the state while their powerful ally, the Arakan Army (AA), controls the neighbouring Paletwa Township.