military junta

Myanmar

Myanmar ends state of emergency ahead of December elections

The military imposed emergency rule and created new administrative structures after it ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021.

31 July 2025

World News

Top Myanmar general attends event honouring Aung San Suu Kyi's father

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.

19 July 2025

Myanmar

At least 17 killed in junta air strike on Myanmar school, reports say

Sagaing region, near the border with India, has been a stronghold of armed resistance and the military in recent years has stepped up air strikes against the local pro-democracy People's Defence Forces.

12 May 2025

Myanmar

Myanmar resistance declares partial ceasefire to allow relief efforts

The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar on Friday has claimed the lives of at least 1,644 people and injured 2,376, according to the country's ruling military junta.

30 March 2025

South Korea

South Korea martial law: Why it happened and what comes next

Late on Tuesday evening, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said in a televised address that he was imposing martial law. Though he found himself backtracking within a matter of hours, the surprise announcement has decisively rattled the country's political establishment.

4 December 2024

Niger

Niger expels French aid group as ties with the West deteriorate

The West African nation's military rulers, who took power in a coup last year, have pulled away from Western partners and turned to Russia for security.

13 November 2024

Gabon

Mutinous soldiers in Gabon announce new military leader

Mutinous soldiers in Gabon announced on Wednesday that the head of the country’s elite republican guard would lead the Central African country, hours after saying they had placed the country’s newly re-elected president under house arrest.

30 August 2023

Niger

French ambassador remains in Niger, defying junta's orders to leave

French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday that his ambassador to Niger would remain at his post, despite being asked to leave by the ruling junta.

28 August 2023

Niger

ECOWAS to meet Thursday after Niger junta defies key deadline

Mali said it and Burkina Faso, both neighbours of Niger run by military juntas, were sending delegations to Niger to show support. Both countries have said they would consider any intervention in Niger as a declaration of war against them.

7 August 2023

Niger

Niger's coup leaders ask Russian mercenary group, Wagner, for help

Niger's military leaders have reportedly asked Russian mercenary group for help against a potential ECOWAS intervention.

5 August 2023

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso coup leader calls for end to anti-French violence

French institutions in the West African nation have been attacked following reports, denied by Paris, that France had given protection to the leader deposed in Friday's coup.

2 October 2022

Myanmar

Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi for three more years for 'election fraud'

The ousted leader has already been imprisoned for 17 years on various charges, which supporters say are politically motivated.

2 September 2022

Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to six more years in prison for corruption

Analysts say the charges are an attempt to legitimise the military’s seizure of power.

15 August 2022