Junta

Mali: Al-Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for attack that killed key junta figure

Mali has been battling a security and political crisis since jihadist and separatist insurgencies broke out in the country's north in 2012

Is China building a spy base on Myanmar's Coco Islands in Bay of Bengal?

The report from Chatham House shows new hangers, a causeway and accommodations near a 2,300-metre runway and radar station as well as land being cleared at the southern tip of Great Coco, about 55 km north of Andaman and Nicobar. Experts say images suggest ‘a fairly significant build-up’

Myanmar junta leader urges foreign powers to support democracy return

The junta will hold an election in August that has already been widely dismissed as a sham. It is likely to be dominated by a proxy party of the military that was trounced in the past two elections

Myanmar junta chief vows continued crackdown, then elections

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military deposed Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government over two years ago after making unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud

Burkina Faso announces operations by French army officially over

Last month France confirmed it would withdraw its contingent of hundreds of troops stationed in Burkina Faso, after the junta ruling the Sahel country demanded the force pull out within four weeks

Myanmar regime to let 'loyal' civilians carry licensed arms

Experts worry that allowing civilians to carry guns would empower pro-junta groups and only serve to escalate the violence and near-daily clashes between the military and armed resistance forces that have raged nationwide.

Mali: Ruling junta expels chief of UN mission's human rights

The decision comes after a Malian rights activist last month denounced the security situation in the country in a speech to a UN gathering, and accused the regime's new Russian military partners of serious rights violations

Explained: Why the West has given Ukraine billions in military aid, but ignored Myanmar

While the two conflicts are not identical, it is striking how much Ukraine has galvanised the international community while Myanmar has been almost completely ignored

Burkina Faso asked France to move its troops out of the country, confirms diplomatic note

France has 400 special forces soldiers stationed in junta-ruled Burkina to battle a jihadist insurgency, but relations have deteriorated in recent months

Thailand: Officials find assets belonging to children of Myanmar junta chief during drug raid

Activists have been calling on Thailand to condemn the military junta in neighbouring Myanmar