This article is part of our peacebuilding coverage , reporting on how atrocities can be prevented, how societies can be made more resilient, and how peace can be sustainably built.

Beyond the bang-bang: Reporting from the front lines of peace.

Many Arakanese in Myanmar’s Rakhine State were optimistic in the lead-up to the country's first openly contested elections in a quarter of a century, in 2015. There’s a stark difference five years on, as 8 November polls are clouded by an escalating civi