The number of severely malnourished children has spiked in northern Arakan state in Burma, a European Union agency said, after floods six months ago dealt a new blow to an area home to a persecuted population with little access to basic services.

The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) in Burma is facing a funding shortfall of $51 million to meet all the needs till the end of 2016.

Displaced residents of the landslide-rocked Chin State capital of Hakha took to the streets in protest on Tuesday, enraged over what that say is inadequate replacement housing.

"We've won by a landslide and we don't want to give the ruling camp any excuse to strip us of our firepower in the parliament," says a senior NLD official.

The World Bank’s prediction that the Burmese economy would grow at some 8.2 percent this year has been slashed in the latest ‘Myanmar Economic Report’.

Despite the slowdown in production due to the recent floods, more than 500,000 tonnes of rice remain.