Myanmar’s military government on Friday announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held this year, as the country enters its fifth year of crisis.However, it did not announce an exact date for the polls.The military declared a state of emergency on Feb. 1, 2021, when it arrested the country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and top officials from her government in an army takeover whic…

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Myanmar extends state of emergency for six months

Myanmar’s military government has announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held this year, as the country enters its fifth year of crisis.

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Myanmar’s military government extends state of emergency by 6 months

Myanmar's military has extended the state of emergency for six more months, coinciding with the coup's four-year anniversary.

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Myanmar extends state of emergency for 6 more months

(Reuters) - Myanmar's ruling military has extended a state of emergency for another six months, state media reported on Friday, a day ahead of the four-year anniversary of a coup that plunged the country into chaos after a decade of tentative democracy.  Read full story

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Myanmar junta extends state of emergency to support election preparations

Myanmar's ruling military has extended a state of emergency for another six months, state media reported on Friday (Jan 31), a day ahead of the four-year anniversary of a coup that plun

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The junta plans to hold an election in 2025, which critics have derided as a sham.

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Military junta extends state of emergency in Myanmar for another 6 months

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand: Four years after Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup, the country is in the grip of a bloody civil war that has driven many of the country’s young across the border to Thailand. There they scrape by doing hard jobs for little pay — often living in fear of being arrested and sent back to Myanmar. AFP met three of them in Mahachai, a district of

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‘No happiness’: Misery for Myanmar exiles four years on from coup

NAY PYI TAW — Myanmar's military government extended a four-year emergency rule, further delaying plans for long-promised general elections as a civil war rages on.

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Myanmar generals extend emergency rule again, delaying polls

The declaration is widely anticipated to be the last before the military holds long-delayed national polls this year.

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Myanmar military extends state of emergency for another six months

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government on Friday announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held this year, as the country enters its fifth year of crisis. However, it did not announce an exact date for the polls. The military declared a state of emergency on Feb. 1, 2021, when it arrested the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and top officials from her government in an a…

Myanmar’s military government extends state of emergency by 6 months

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