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UNHCR Myanmar Operational Update, March - April 2021
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Since the military takeover on 1 February, insecurity and clashes continue to be reported across much of the country with arrest, detention and use of excessive force against protestors by police and security forces. Disruptions to banking services, healthcare, communications, and supply chains ensue, while tensions and confrontations in the north and southeast intensify between Tatmadaw and ethnic armed organizations.
UNHCR and partners continue providing critical life-saving humanitarian assistance, while following the development of the situation closely to better understand the full potential impact on people of concern, including IDPs and stateless populations. Early warning systems, initiated by UNHCR and partners, continue to be employed to detect changes on the ground which could impact on operations and people of concern with the view to inform timely mitigating measures and responses.
KIA Ambushes Myanmar Military Convoy in Kachin State
Kachin Independence Army soldiers at their headquarters in Laiza, Kachin State, in 2014. / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 9 April 2021
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacked a military convoy in Mogaung Township, Kachin State, on Thursday evening.
The Kachin armed group said the attack was targeting reinforcements in the township.
KIA information officer Naw Bu told The Irrawaddy that the group used mines against two military trucks near Loili Yang village.
He said: “We are carefully observing how the Tatmadaw [Myanmar’s military] has been reinforcing troops and supplies. We attack if they are sending more troops and ammunition to fight us. We have to take the upper hand before they attack us.”