Military Coup

The African Union's Peace and Security Council said it had decided to "immediately suspend" Gabon following the military coup this week. The body said on X, formerly Twitter, that it "strongly condemns the military takeover of power in…

Myanmar's military government has executed four democracy activists accused of committing "terror acts". The four men executed are former lawmaker Phyo Zeya Thaw, writer and activist Ko Jimmy, Hla Myo Aung and Aung Thura Zaw.

Mali's transitional president and prime minister resigned during mediation efforts Wednesday after being arrested in an apparent second military coup in nine months, a top junta aide and an international diplomat said. President Bah Ndaw…

Myanmar’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi has appeared in a court hearing via video link and was hit with additional charges, as anti-coup protesters rallied across the country again in defiance of a security force crackdown that killed at…

Protesters in Myanmar kept up demands on Monday for the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and an end to military rule, undaunted by the junta’s deployment of armored vehicles in several parts of the country and more soldiers on the…

People returned to the streets of Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s capital, and Yangon, the country’s biggest city on Wednesday, after police used rubber bullets and water cannon to break up protests leaving two people in hospital. Several civil…

Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early…

Myanmar members of parliament are set to take up their seats on Monday as escalating tension between the civilian government and the powerful military stirs fears of a coup in the aftermath of an election the army says was fraudulent.…