Fresh fighting between the Myanmar Armed Forces and the Arakan Army has displaced more than 26,000 people in western Rakhine state since Monday.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the latest figures put the total number of internally displaced people due to the conflict between both sides at approximately 90,000.
Eleven deaths and more than 30 injuries have been reported since an informal ceasefire agreed a year ago broke out on November 13.
According to reports, more than 100 people have been detained by the army and five by the Arakan army.
Battles between the military and resistance groups have raged almost daily in Myanmar since army general Min Aung Hlaing seized power in February 2021, plunging the country into economic chaos and a new civil war
The most recent clashes began when the Arakan army attacked two border posts near Maungdaw township, near the border with Bangladesh.
The two sides had previously set an informal ceasefire in November 2022.
The UN body added that there were reports of military shelling in areas controlled by the Arakan army and that the army had carried out at least one operation with air and naval support.
Most humanitarian activities have been suspended due to the fighting and “virtually all roads and waterways” between Rakhine townships have been blocked.
Airstrikes and ground attacks against what the military calls “terrorist” targets have occurred regularly since 2021 and have killed thousands of civilians, including children.
Entire villages have been burned by junta soldiers and schools, clinics and hospitals destroyed in the attacks.
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