Over 50,000 displaced by clashes and airstrikes in Kayin State

Mizzima

More than 50,000 people have been displaced and are in urgent need of humanitarian aid as ongoing clashes and junta airstrikes devastate areas around Kyondoe and Kawkareik townships, local civil society groups report.

Fighting erupted on the evening of 14 April between junta forces and allied revolutionary groups along the Kawkareik–Kyondoe highway and near military camps in the region. Since then, the junta has reportedly launched daily airstrikes targeting civilian villages.

On 23 April, fresh airstrikes struck the villages of Kammarait and Kotaing.