The United Nations says nearly 90,000 people have been displaced in Myanmar as conflict between the country’s military rulers and an alliance of ethnic armed groups escalates. As of November 9, nearly 50,000 people in northern Shan have been forced to flee, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in an update.
Clashes between the army and its rivals in neighboring Sagaing region and Kachin state since early November have displaced 40,000 people, and two weeks ago, the Three Brotherhood Alliance, one of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed alliances, launched a coordinated attack on a dozen military outposts in northern Shan State, located on the country’s eastern border with China, and the border town of Chin Shwe. and captured.
The attack is the most serious test for the generals since they seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Myanmar is trying to defend territory against military incursions, eradicate “repressive military dictatorship” and combat online fraud at the border, the Three Brotherhood Alliance said in a statement.
On Thursday, Myanmar’s post-coup president, Myint Tse, told a meeting of the country’s National Defense and Security Council that if the government does not effectively deal with incidents in the border region, the country will be divided into different parts, “
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OCHA says almost all of the people displaced since the conflict began on October 26 have sought refuge in religious compounds. A few entered existing Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) sites.
The UN body warned that disrupted transport, communications and other services were hampering humanitarian responses to the conflict.
“Ongoing hostilities, along with the existence of checkpoints, road closures and structural damage to bridges, severely restrict the ability of humanitarian agencies to reach affected people, assess needs and deliver vital supplies,” OCHA said.
The violence has also raised concerns in Beijing, which is putting pressure on Myanmar’s military to crack down on crime in the border region. China maintains billions of dollars worth of energy infrastructure investments in a remote region of Myanmar.
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2023-11-10 07:35:10
