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‘I’m a Mandalay girl’: Teen soldier on Myanmar front lines
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» SHAN STATE, Myanmar - An 18-year-old recruit in one of Myanmar's pro-democracy fighting units prepares to launch a drone strike on junta troops, driven by anger and her mother’s call for revolution.
Northern Myanmar fighting displaces almost 50,000 civilians: UN
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» YANGON - Almost 50,000 people have been displaced by fighting in northern Myanmar after an alliance of ethnic armed groups launched an offensive against the military two weeks ago, the United Nations said Friday.
Bomb attack in Myanmar border hub kills 5 officials, wounds 11
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» A bomb attack on a government compound in the Myanmar border hub of Myawady killed five government and security officials and wounded 11 policemen, sources told AFP on Monday.
Myanmar junta-aligned militia fighters defect to rebels
AFP, Published on 29/06/2023
» YANGON: Myanmar anti-coup fighters briefly seized several border outposts after junta-aligned militia defected and joined the rebels, sparking days of heavy clashes, state media reported on Thursday.
Myanmar rebels attack town near Thai border
AFP, Published on 21/10/2022
» Myanmar ethnic rebels attacked a key town near the Thai border on Friday, residents and local media said, with the military junta calling in air strikes.
Fear, defiance as fighting rages in Myanmar's north
AFP, Published on 20/09/2022
» SAGAING, Myanmar: Anti-coup fighters in Myanmar patrol the smouldering ruins of a burned village after what they say was a reprisal attack by junta troops struggling to crush resistance to last year's military coup.
Myanmar villagers accuse junta troops of burning spree
AFP, Published on 04/06/2022
» Myanmar junta troops have torched hundreds of buildings during a three-day raid in the country's north, local media and residents said, as the military struggles to crush resistance to its rule.
China-backed Myanmar rebels call on junta to embrace peace talks
AFP, Published on 31/05/2022
» A powerful Myanmar ethnic rebel group with close ties to China called on Tuesday for the junta to engage in dialogue with anti-coup fighters to end 15 months of bloodshed.
Myanmar junta court convicts Suu Kyi of corruption
AFP, Published on 27/04/2022
» YANGON: A Myanmar junta court on Wednesday sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail for corruption, part of a barrage of criminal cases that could see the deposed civilian leader jailed for decades.
Myanmar junta wants peace talks with ethnic rebels
AFP, Published on 22/04/2022
» Myanmar's junta chief on Friday called for face-to-face peace talks with the country's established ethnic rebel groups, as the military struggles to crush newer anti-junta militias that have sprung up to fight the coup.