Myanmar heads to the polls on Sunday (December 28, 2025) as it battles a civil war that has ravaged parts of the country as well as one of Asia’s ‍worst humanitarian crises. Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis is one of the most severe in Asia, driven by the intensifying civil war and repeated natural disasters, including a massive earthquake in March. Myanmar ​is one of the world’s most under-funded aid operations, with only 12% ⁠of required funds received, the United Nations says. U.S. cuts to humanitarian aid are having a crushing impact on people, the U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar has said. They are the fifth-largest group needing aid ‍anywhere in the world, making Myanmar “a hunger hotspot of very high concern,” the agency said.

Source: The Hindu December 27, 2025 16:52 UTC