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Myanmar’s military junta holds elections as civil war sparked by coup still rages

Voters queued at polling stations in Myanmar on Sunday to vote in a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected government,

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Myanmar junta stages election after five years of civil war

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Myanmar junta stages polls amid ongoing civil war

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In Myanmar’s Election, ‘Voting Out of Fear, Not Hope’

The voting for Parliament is almost sure to favor the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls.

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War-torn Myanmar voting in widely criticised 'sham' election

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Polls open for Myanmar's first general election in 5 years

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Weak turnout seen in Myanmar's phased election, first since 2021 coup

The United Nations, some Western countries and human rights groups have said the vote is not free, fair or credible, given that anti-junta political parties are out of the running and it is illegal to...

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Myanmar is set to hold phased elections. Here's why they're being called a 'sham'

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Myanmar elections: voting begins under junta stranglehold with Aung San Suu Kyi banned

As Myanmar goes to polls, country's junta will witness a shift from battlefield to ballots

Myanmar is all set to conduct its first general election in five years after seizing power in a coup. The question about the future of the junta and its chief, Min Aung Hlaing, remains hanging

The Peninsula Qatar

Polls close in first round of Myanmar's election

Polls closed in the first round of Myanmar s elections on Sunday, an AFP journalist saw, ending the opening phase of a month long

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How Myanmar's junta-run vote works, and why it might not

Myanmar's junta presides over elections starting on Sunday, advertising the vote as a return to democratic normality five years after it mounted a coup that triggered civil war.

Radio France Internationale

Myanmar's long march of military rule

Myanmar's military has ruled the country for most of its post-independence history, presenting itself as the only force capable of guarding the fractious Southeast Asian nation from rupture and ruin.

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Aung San Suu Kyi's son takes part in protests in Tokyo against Myanmar military

The younger son of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has taken part in protests held in Tokyo against the Myanmar military junta, which has controlled the country since a coup in 2021.

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Critics of army rule in Myanmar stage a silent strike against upcoming election

Critics say the Dec. 28 polls will be neither free nor fair and are an effort by the military to legitimize its rule after seizing power in February 2021.

Myanmar’s military leader votes in controversial election

Sunday marks the initial phase of Myanmar’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military government while a civil war rages throughout much of the country.