270,000 people have been displaced in Karenni State since the February 2021 coup and they are facing food shortages according to the Karenni State Interim Executive Council (IEC).

Since the end of September 2023 about 10,000 people have been displaced, according to Banyar, a second secretary of the Karenni State IEC.

He said that even when food can be provided for IDPs it can only be given to them in an emergency, meaning that conditions in IDP camps where food is being supplied are particularly bad.

In the past week, many more IDPs in Karen State have become sick because there has been heavy rain.

According to a recent United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OHCA) statement its delivery of aid is being held up.

Also, since late September 2023, villages along the Shan Kayan border are facing shortages because the main transport routes to the villages have been blocked.

Fighting in Karenni State has been ongoing since the coup. There have been over 820 battles in Karenni State since the coup., according to a 1 October report by the Progressive Karenni People Force (PKPF).

The total population of Karenni State is more than 390,000 according to the 2019 census that was carried out by the National League for Democracy government’s General Administration Department.