Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's government in 2021. Photo: STR / AFP/FileSource: AFPMore than one million people have been displaced in Myanmar since the military coup last year, the United Nations children's agency has said. The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government last year, sparking widespread armed resistance. Since the coup and as of last month, 1,017,000 people have been internally displaced, UNICEF said in a statement on Thursday. More than 12,000 civilian properties were thought to have been burned or destroyed across Myanmar since the coup, the UN humanitarian agency UNOCHA said in May.

Source: Daily Nation October 07, 2022 21:07 UTC