juntas

The deadline arrived Sunday for Niger’s military junta to reinstate the country’s ousted president, but the West Africa regional bloc that has threatened a military intervention faces prominent appeals to pursue more peaceful means.…

Reporters Without Borders published on Monday an investigation into the colossal dangers journalists face while working in the Sahel, the vast, semi-arid region beset by jihadism, armed groups and instability. The…

YANGON: Russia backs the Myanmar junta's efforts to "stabilise" the crisis-wracked country, its foreign minister said on Wednesday (Aug 3) during talks with top generals, according to Russian state media. Myanmar has been in chaos since…

GENEVA: The United Nations (UN) human rights chief on Monday condemned the execution of four prisoners, including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent activist, as "cruel and regressive". "I am dismayed that…

Issued on: 04/06/2022 - 18:27 West African leaders on Saturday opened a meeting in Ghana's capital Accra to decide whether to ease or ramp up sanctions against junta-ruled…

Issued on: 02/05/2022 - 01:14 UN chief Antonio Guterres called Sunday for the military juntas in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali to ensure a swift return to civilian rule and…

Issued on: 01/02/2022 - 12:12 France said Tuesday that it would review along with EU partners its military presence in Mali, a day after the junta in Bamako ordered the French…

Issued on: 27/01/2022 - 16:35 Denmark announced on Thursday it will start pulling its troops out of Mali after the West African country's ruling junta insisted on an immediate…

The head of the U.N. body investigating the most serious crimes in Myanmar said that preliminary evidence collected since the military seized power on Feb. 1 shows a widespread and systematic attack on civilians “amounting to…

Mali’s military-dominated government has vociferously emphasised its national sovereignty in recent days, lambasting France’s military strategy in the region and dismissing the election timetable set by West African…