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The five-day trip underscores the gradual return of regional re-engagement for Myanmar, five years after being shunned by many of its neighbors.

The Burkina Faso junta’s suspension of the country’s largest student union is the latest in a series of government crackdowns on freedoms of association and expression.

Reporters Without Borders says Burkina Faso's authorities secretly detained and abused a prominent journalist and dozens of others in a makeshift facility.

Reporters Without Borders says Burkina Faso's authorities secretly detained and abused a prominent journalist and dozens of others in a makeshift facility

Mali’s junta leader and the country's president has assumed the duties of defense minister after the incumbent was killed in sweeping, coordinated attacks by separatist and jihadi forces that stunned the country

Mali’s junta leader and the country's president has assumed the duties of defense minister after the incumbent was killed in sweeping, coordinated attacks by separatist and jihadi forces that stunned the country.

On Thursday, authorities in Myanmar claimed they had transferred Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest. Her son Kim Aris spoke to NPR about his doubts about the regime's account.

JNIM militants in Mali call on patriots to unite against the ruling junta, seeking a peaceful transition and a new Mali governed by Sharia law.

From Theguardian RSS Feed: Curfews, conspiracy theories … and a cancelled concert: Mali’s capital tries to shrug off violence on its doorstep

With Tuareg-led rebels saying the ruling junta in Mali will fall "sooner or later" and demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops, the French Foreign Ministry has called on French nationals to leave the country.

Click to expand Image Thailand's Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow (left) meets with Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, April 22, 2026.…

The head of the Myanmar's junta Min Aung Hlaing has swapped his uniform for the top civilian office, but the move is unlikely to bring peace or even create distance from the authoritarian system imposed by the 2021 coup.