Junta leaders鈥� meeting overshadows West African summit
A West African leaders鈥� summit opens on Sunday amid political turmoil after the military rulers of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso cemented a breakaway union at a...
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Top Myanmar general in China for official visit
The Myanmar junta鈥檚 second-in-command arrived in China on Saturday for an official visit, the junta鈥檚 information team said, as clashes with ethnic minority fighters raged in the...
Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger junta chiefs to hold first summit Saturday
The military rulers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will on Saturday hold their first joint summit since seizing power in a series of coups, Nigerien authorities said....
Myanmar ethnic fighters battle junta in ruby-mining hub
A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group was battling junta troops in a ruby and gem-mining hub on Friday, the group and the junta said, with reports of...
First Myanmar junta conscripts to begin duty at end of month
A first batch of 5,000 conscripts called up by Myanmar鈥檚 junta will begin duty at the end of this month, military sources said on Monday, as the generals struggle to crush opposition to their coup...
Battered, empty Myanmar town shows price of victory against junta
Gutted buildings, vacant windows and blocks bombed to rubble show the price paid by the western Myanmar town of Pauktaw for victory against the junta in the country鈥檚 civil war...
Myanmar junta presses conscription
Myanmar鈥檚 embattled junta is pressing ahead with military conscription, state media said on Tuesday, with video footage showing new recruits being marched to training centres across the country...
Myanmar armed group captures hundreds of junta personnel
A Myanmar ethnic armed group said on Monday it had captured a military command and taken hundreds of junta personnel prisoner in...
Myanmar bans men from applying to work abroad
Myanmar鈥檚 junta has suspended the issuing of permits for men to work abroad, it said, weeks after introducing a military conscription law that led to thousands trying to leave the country...
Myanmar junta pardons 3,300 prisoners
Myanmar's junta on Wednesday announced a pardon for more than 3,300 prisoners under a regular amnesty to mark the country's traditional new year festival.....
Chad鈥檚 junta chief launches presidential campaign without main rivals
The transitional president of military-led Chad launched a campaign on Sunday for a May presidential election he is likely to win, after his main rivals were ousted from the race......
Myanmar junta slams UN鈥檚 鈥榦ne-sided鈥� human rights claims
Myanmar鈥檚 junta on Tuesday slammed the UN鈥檚 鈥榦ne-sided allegations鈥� about its human rights record and said that it had received no official communication regarding the recent appointment of a new UN special envoy to the conflict-torn country....