Parliamentary speaker Thura Shwe Mann, former chairperson of Myanmar's ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) party, delivers a speech during his election campaign at Kasipu village in Pyu township of Bago region, Myanmar, 05 October 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
04 November 2015
News of Shwe Mann being thrown out of the USDP days before the historic election has been...
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to media during the press conference at the parliament in Nay Pyi Taw on August 18, 2015. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
18 August 2015
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi raised fears for crucial November elections Tuesday as...
Myanmar's ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt reviews a Vietnamese honour guard at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, 09 August 2004. Photo: Julian Abram Wainwright/EPA
18 August 2015
Until his downfall in 2004, Khin Nyunt had been head of military intelligence as well as...
18 August 2015
The embattled speaker of Myanmar's parliament, Shwe Mann, opened the lower house on...
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) talks with Thura Shwe Mann (L), speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw (lower house parliament) during the break of parliament meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 09 July 2012. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
18 August 2015
Myanmar's ousted ruling party chief Shwe Mann met Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday ahead of a...
Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
17 August 2015
The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has called a hastily arranged...
U Toe Naing Mann, speaking during the interview. Photo: Mizzima
15 August 2015
In an exclusive interview with Mizzima, Thura U Shwe Mann’s son, U Toe Naing Mann, walks...
Archive photos of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets with Myanmar Parliament Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann in Nay Pyi Taw on December 23, 2011. Photo: Mizzima
15 August 2015
The two biggest contenders in Myanmar’s upcoming elections, Aung San Suu Kyi’s National...
Cherry FM radio station Photo: Cherry FM/Facebook
15 August 2015
The Information Ministry has instructed Cherry FM radio, run by Thura U Shwe Mann's...
Thura U Shwe Mann publishes a photo on Facebook - in the wake of him being ousted from the USDP leadership position - showing him working in his office. Photo: Thura U Shwe Mann/Facebook
15 August 2015
The ousted leader of Myanmar's ruling party on Friday vowed to "continue to work" for the...
14 August 2015
The ouster of Shwe Mann as chairman of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party...
U Htay Oo, USDP Joint-Chairman/Vice Chairman  Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
14 August 2015
The British Embassy has expressed concern regarding recent events which saw USDP...

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