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CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's junta leader has pardoned former military leader Moussa Dadis Camara for "health reasons" after a court last year found him guilty of crimes against humanity in a 2009 stadium massacre, according to a decree read on state television late on Friday.
The chief of the country's ruling junta vowed to hold a free and fair election in December, as he urged armed opponents in a widening civil war to renounce violence and pursue dialogue.
NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar's junta chief insisted Thursday (March 27) that a planned election will go ahead despite the country's spiralling civil war, in a speech to thousands of soldiers and dignitaries at the annual Armed Forces Day parade.
THE junta will muster its embattled troops for a show of strength on Armed Forces Day, after a year of seismic defeats and turning to forcibly conscripting civilians to bolster its ranks.
NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar's junta will muster its embattled troops for a show of strength on Armed Forces Day on Thursday (March 27), after a year of seismic defeats and turning to forcibly conscripting civilians to bolster its ranks.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will attend a regional leaders' summit in the Thai capital next week and is seeking bilateral meetings on the sidelines, three sources with direct knowledge said on Friday.
BANGKOK: Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will attend a regional leaders' summit in the Thai capital next week and is seeking bilateral meetings on the sidelines, three sources with direct knowledge said on Friday (March 28).
A JUNTA airstrike on a village held by anti-coup fighters killed at least 12 people according to a local administrative official, who said the bombardment targeted civilian areas.
YANGON: Myanmar's military junta has announced plans for elections in December or January - scheduling the first poll since it seized power in a bloody 2021 coup that plunged the country into civil war.
YANGON: Myanmar's military government will hold a general election in December 2025 or January 2026, state media said on Saturday (March 8), citing the junta chief, who provided the first specific time frame for the long-promised polls in the war-torn nation.
(Reuters) - Militias allied with Burkina Faso's military junta have been linked to a "gruesome" massacre in western Burkina Faso that left dozens dead this week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said late on Friday.
Myanmar's long-promised general elections will take place in December or January next year at the earliest, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing said in Minsk.
The junta chief said the country would hold an election in December or January, the first in the war-torn nation since the military staged a coup in 2021.
MOSCOW: Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday (March 4) as the junta - shunned and sanctioned by the West - turns to a major international backer to aid in its ongoing conflict with ethnic armed groups.
Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing will meet President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday as the junta - shunned and sanctioned by the West - turns to a major international backer to aid in its ongoing conflict with ethnic armed groups.
Myanmar's junta chief departed Monday for talks with President Vladimir Putin in Russia, a key ally and arms supplier for the isolated state struggling to quell violent opposition to military rule.
Myanmar's chairman of the State Administration Council and Prime Minister, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Myanmar on a goodwill trip.
YANGON: Myanmar's ruling junta criticised an Argentine court on Saturday (Feb 15) for issuing an arrest warrant for its top leader over alleged "genocide and crimes against humanity" towards the Rohingya minority.
THE embattled junta has banned anyone eligible for military conscription from leaving the country without permission, as it seeks to shore up its forces fighting rebel groups opposed to its rule.
YANGON: Myanmar's embattled junta has banned anyone eligible for military conscription from leaving the country without permission, as it seeks to shore up its forces fighting rebel groups opposed to its rule.
