military coup in Myanmar

(FILE) In this file photo taken on July 19, 2019, Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi takes part in the Martyrs' Day ceremony in Yangon. Photo: AFP
28 April 2022
One of the Myanmar military's first moves during its coup last year was to arrest the...
(FILE) In this file photo taken on January 27, 2021, Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (C) looks on as health workers receive a vaccine for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a hospital in Naypyidaw. Photo: AFP
28 April 2022
The European Union on Wednesday slammed a five-year jail sentence given by a Myanmar...
28 April 2022
Panic has gripped Myanmar over the growing likelihood of a Sri Lanka-type economic...
28 April 2022
Twelve junta troops were killed and four military vehicles destroyed in fighting between...
28 April 2022
The bodies of two members of the pro-democracy National League for Democracy (NLD)...
File Photo: AFP
28 April 2022
At least 2,937 police have participated in the Civil Defence Movement (CDM) according to...
(FILE) In this file photo taken on November 5, 2015, opposition leader and head of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi leaves the stage after addressing a press conference from her residential compund in Yangon. Photo: AFP
26 April 2022
A Myanmar junta court on Monday postponed giving its first verdict in the corruption...
People celebrate Myanmar's New Year water festival, also known as Thingyan, in Yangon on April 16, 2022. Photo: AFP
26 April 2022
This year’s Thingyan New Year’s celebrations from 13 to 17 April fell flat and did not...
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26 April 2022
A coalition of local defence forces is pushing back hard against Military Council...
A hundred days on from the military coup that ended Myanmar's brief dalliance with democracy, three women tell AFP about their lives and their struggle, living between anger and hope. Photo: AFP
24 April 2022
Myanmar citizens have been hit by the negative effects of the 1 February 2021 military...
Maung Thar Cho. Photo: Myanmar Now
15 April 2022
Myanmar writers this year feature prominently in PEN America’s annual Freedom to Write...
07 April 2022
Two religious leaders were reportedly injured when a landmine detonated at a primary...

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