More than one million displaced since Myanmar coup, says United Nations

FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees sit on a makeshift boat as they get interrogated by the Border Guard Bangladesh after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, at Shah Porir Dwip near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh November 9, 2017. - Reuters

YANGON, Oct 7, 2022 (AFP): More than one million people have been displaced in Myanmar since the military coup last year, the United Nations children's agency has said.

The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government last year, sparking widespread armed resistance.