The Guardian: Thousands flee in Myanmar amid fighting between army and Kachin rebels
UN says more than 4,000 people have fled in three weeks in the northern Kachin state and many civilians remain trapped.
Thousands of people have fled renewed fighting between Myanmar’s army and ethnic insurgents in the country’s remote north.
More than 4,000 people have been displaced in the country’s northern-most state of Kachin near the border with China in the last three weeks, the head of UN’s office for the co-ordination of humanitarian affairs (OCHA), Mark Cutts, said on Friday.
“We have received reports from local organisations saying that there are still many civilians who remain trapped in conflict-affected areas,” Cutts said.
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More News On The War In Kachin State Intensifying
Rebel, Miltary Clashes in Myanmar Force Thousands to Flee -- VOA
Myanmar violence: Thousands flee fresh fighting in Kachin state -- BBC
Myanmar rebels say clashes with government could displace more people -- Reuters
Myanmar violence: Thousands flee renewed fighting in Kachin state -- Al Jazeera
More Kachin villagers flee as clashes intensify -- Relief Web
Fighting in Kachin Highlights Myanmar Civil War Worries -- VOA
In northern Myanmar, forgotten Kachin conflict intensifies -- AP
Myanmar’s military intensify operations against another minority -- Azeem Ibrahim, Al-Arabiya
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ReplyDeleteLots of sympathy for Rohingya, but for the Karens, Kachins and Shan not so much.
The Karen were at war with Myanmar for 2 decades. The boutique magazines like Time & and Newsweak might have occasionally mentioned it as an afterthought.
Reasons?