Myanmar Conflict Death Toll Surpasses 100,000 Since Coup

YANGON: (Web Desk) – More than 100,000 people have been killed in Myanmar since the military seized power in February 2021, according to a leading conflict monitoring group, highlighting the devastating human cost of the country’s prolonged civil war.

The latest figures were released on Wednesday by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED), which recorded 100,114 conflict-related deaths across all sides involved in the fighting over the past five years.

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Senior ACLED analyst Sun Mon Thant said the death toll was compiled using verified reports of conflict-related violence. While Myanmar has not released an official casualty count, analysts consider the conflict the deadliest ongoing war in Asia.

The crisis began when the military overthrew the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021, detaining the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and bringing an end to the country’s decade-long democratic transition.

Following the coup, security forces launched a crackdown on nationwide protests. Many pro-democracy activists later took up arms, forming resistance groups that joined forces with long-established ethnic armed organisations fighting against military rule.

The conflict has since expanded across large parts of the country, triggering widespread displacement, humanitarian crises and continued instability.