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Ethnic armies fight for a federal future
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published : 7 Apr 2021 at 04:00
6 Lt Gen Yawd Serk, Chairman of the Restoration Council of Shan State, talks to the media after his speech during a military parade celebrating the 69th Shan State National Day at Loi Tai Leng, the group s headquarters, on the Thai-Myanmar border in 2016. REUTERS
Myanmar s ethnic armies have effectively declared war on the country s military government, increasing the prospect of civil war. In the face of the army s continued violence against civilian protesters the death toll is now more than 600 in the last nine weeks many of the country s ethnic leaders felt impelled to take drastic action.