Guinea's military junta warned Friday that sanctions imposed by the African Union, the United States and the European Union could cause chaos in ...
Washington has imposed new sanctions on Guinea's military junta, barring entry to the United States to some of its members, in the wake ...
Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a minister from Myanmar's ruling junta Wednesday for the second time in a week, in the first signs of a resumed dialogue between the two sides. The opposition icon met labour minister Aung ...
Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi held a rare meeting with a minister of the ruling junta Saturday, a day after a court rejected her appeal against extended house arrest. The detained opposition leader met Aung Kyi, the labour minister and ...
Guinea's army was accused Thursday of getting rid of many bodies from a bloody crackdown on an anti-junta rally, but the authorities stuck by their toll of 56 dead. The military junta on Thursday opened the morgue of one of Conakry's main ...
At UN, Myanmar prime minister lashes out at Western sanctions, promises democracy on the way The highest-ranking official from Myanmar's military government to appear before the U.N. General Assembly in 14 years lashed out Monday against Western sanctions on his country, but ...
Detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has written to the chief of the ruling junta with suggestions about how to get Western sanctions lifted, her lawyer said Saturday. The move represents a change of heart for the Nobel Peace Laureate, ...
Myanmar's main opposition party on Wednesday welcomed the release of 7,000 prisoners but reiterated calls for the ruling junta to free Aung San Suu Kyi and other political detainees. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) issued a statement almost one week ...
Dictatorships have existed throughout history, and they still do today-despite the dreams of many people in the United States that everyone has as democratic a government as we do. Some of the most infamous dictatorships existed in Europe during the twentieth century; ...
Tens of thousands of people rallied Sunday in a show of support for Guinea's opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo, a key candidate in upcoming presidential elections and a rival to the country's military ruler who has hinted he may stand. Some 60,000 ...
Myanmar authorities on Saturday briefly detained Win Tin, a veteran opposition leader and the country's former longest serving political prisoner, a friend said. The 80-year-old former journalist was taken from his home in the morning for questioning but was allowed to return ...
The head of Guinea's military junta has rejected calls that he should not stand in next year's presidential election, saying no-one can stop him from running if he wants to. A coalition of Guinean opposition parties, unions and civic groups on Sunday ...
