Burkina Faso junta leader says no elections until the country safe for voting
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s junta leader, Ibrahim Traore, said on Friday that there would be no elections until the country was safe enough for everyone to vote. The military government that…
UN rights expert urges US to go further with sanctions against Myanmar junta
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights expert for Myanmar on Wednesday called on the United States to further tighten sanctions on the country’s military rulers to include their…
Nigerian delegation says Niger junta is open to diplomacy
By Felix Onuah and Sali Samb ABUJA/CONAKRY (Reuters) -Coup leaders in Niger are open to diplomacy to resolve a standoff with West Africa’s regional bloc, a group of senior Nigerian Islamic scholars…
US to hold Niger military junta accountable for detained leader’s safety, Blinken says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will hold the junta that took power in Niger accountable for the safety of democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum, his family, and detained…
‘Want To Send A Message’: Biden Admin Refuses To Pull Troops Put Of Niger After ‘Junta’ Stonewalls Negotiations
‘Want To Send A Message’: Biden Admin Refuses To Pull Troops Put Of Niger After ‘Junta’ Stonewalls Negotiations Micaela Burrow on August 8, 2023 The Pentagon said its continued presence in Niger…
Top US official traveled to Niger and held ‘difficult’ talks with junta officials
By Daphne Psaledakis, Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. State Department’s acting No. 2 traveled to Niger and held talks on Monday with senior officials from the country’s junta…
Exclusive-Thailand seeking to re-engage Myanmar junta with ASEAN meeting – letter, sources
By Panu Wongcha-um, Poppy McPherson and Ananda Teresia BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s caretaker government is proposing to “fully re-engage” Myanmar’s military rulers and has invited ASEAN foreign ministers to an informal meeting on…
Myanmar shadow govt welcomes ASEAN peace talks but distrusts junta
(Reuters) – Myanmar’s shadow government welcomes efforts by ASEAN chair Indonesia to kickstart peace talks in the strife-torn Southeast Asian nation but is deeply distrustful of the junta that took power in…
Political prisoners among 2,000 pardoned by Myanmar junta
(Reuters) – Myanmar’s military government on Wednesday pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners, state media reported, among them a journalist and what activists and media said were numerous political detainees. State television MRTV…
Myanmar junta says military carried out deadly attack on rebel ceremony
(Reuters) – Myanmar’s military said on Wednesday it carried out a deadly attack on a village gathering organised by its insurgent opponents this week and if civilians were also killed it was…
U.N. expert calls for coordinated action against Myanmar junta
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar on Monday called on the international community to coordinate sanctions to counter the abuses perpetrated by the…
U.S. says it seeks ways to limit Russian military supplies to Myanmar junta
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is deeply concerned about Russia’s supply of military equipment to Myanmar’s junta and will continue to seek ways to limit such cooperation between the…
Exclusive: Myanmar junta chief family assets found in Thai drug raid – document
By Panu Wongcha-um and Poppy McPherson BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai officials found assets belonging to adult children of Myanmar’s junta leader during a raid on the Bangkok apartment of a Myanmar tycoon…
U.N. shelves bid by Afghan Taliban, Myanmar junta for representation
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly on Friday approved postponing – for the second time – a decision on whether the Afghan Taliban administration and the…
Afghan Taliban administration, Myanmar junta not allowed into United Nations for now
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A decision on whether the Afghan Taliban administration and the Myanmar junta can send a United Nations ambassador to New York has been postponed for…
As with Ukraine, a coalition should pressure Myanmar’s junta, U.N. expert says
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russian weapons being used in Ukraine are also killing people in Myanmar, an independent U.N. expert said on Wednesday, urging countries to form a coalition…
Junta set to stay in power after Chad delays elections by two years
By Mahamat Ramadane N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad has adopted resolutions that push back democratic elections by two years and allow interim leader Mahamat Idriss Deby to stay in power and be eligible…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi could return home after verdicts, junta chief says
(Reuters) – Myanmar’s junta chief said on Friday he would consider allowing deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be moved to house arrest from prison but only after verdicts in a…
Myanmar junta frustrating everyone over peace plan – Malaysia minister
PHNOM PENH – Myanmar’s ruling military has been uncooperative and has frustrated everyone in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with its lack of progress in implementing a peace plan, Malaysia’s…
U.N. rights expert calls for sanctions against Myanmar’s junta after executions
GENEVA – A United Nations human rights expert on Monday called on countries to take steps against Myanmar’s junta through economic sanctions and an arms embargo following the execution of four democracy…
Myanmar junta can’t beat rebels, should restore democracy – U.S. diplomat
BANGKOK – Myanmar’s junta likely cannot to defeat the rebels fighting its rule and should restore democracy after seizing power last year, a senior U.S. diplomat said. “It’s hard to see today…
Cambodia PM appeals to Myanmar junta for access to Suu Kyi
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia’s prime minister has urged Myanmar’s top general to allow a special Southeast Asian envoy access to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in his strongest call so far…
Myanmar junta says 1,600 prisoners to be freed in holiday amnesty
(Reuters) – Relatives of hundreds of prisoners gathered outside Myanmar’s Insein Prison on Sunday after the military government announced the release of 1,600 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the Southeast Asian…
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