This development comes amid growing efforts by the junta to distance itself from former colonial ruler France and assert national sovereignty. Since taking power in a September 2022 coup — the second ...

Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing attended the wreath-laying ceremony at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum in Yangon. Read more at ...

The country’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was absent from the event for a fifth consecutive year since her arrest in February 2021 following a coup d'état. View on euronews ...

ASEAN's model of consensus and non-interference is no longer fit for purpose in today's geopolitical climate, and its ...

West African governments are scrambling to make the most of a new gold rush. But the boom is also exacerbating existing ...

U Min Aung narrowly escaped death when a fighter jet dropped bombs on Thitsar Wardi Buddhist monastery in central Myanmar in ...

Burkina Faso's junta has disbanded its electoral commission, calling it a waste of money.Emile Zerbo, Minister of Territorial Administration, said that the government has abolished the Independent ...

Burkina Faso's junta has dissolved its independent electoral commission, claiming it will enhance sovereign control over ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Burkina Faso’s military rulers have dissolved the country’s independent electoral commission, authorities ...

If you believe the viral videos online, R. Kelly and Pope Leo XIV agree on one thing -- that Burkina Faso's junta chief, Captain Ibrahim Traore, is a fantastic leader.

As the junta’s state of emergency nears its end, a symbolic shift to the regime’s defense council sets the stage for a sham election designed to legitimize military rule.