Sir Julius Chan, One Of Papua New Guinea's Founding Fathers, Dies Aged 85
Sir Julius, 85, passed away in his home province of New Ireland just after midday on Thursday, marking an end to a long political career spanning half a century. Papua New Guineans dubbed him the ...
Study Tour To Deepen Efforts To Prevent, Investigate, And Prosecute Corruption In The Pacific
The two-day event from 3-4 February is supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Pacific Office in Fiji under the UK ...
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Myanmar junta extends state of emergency by six months
Myanmar's junta extended a state of emergency by six months on Friday (January 31, 2025), four years after it seized power triggering a civil war that has claimed thousands of lives. The country ...
UCA News22d
ASEAN tells junta to end its war in Myanmar
After three years of failed diplomacy, the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has upped the ante and warned the military junta in Myanmar to end the civil war and allow the free flow of ...
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Myanmar junta says it deported over 50,000 people linked to scam compounds to China
YANGON – Myanmar’s ruling junta has deported more than 50,000 people suspected of involvement in online scam operations to China since October 2023, as it made a rare call to neighbouring ...
The Straits Times7d
Myanmar junta bans possible conscripts from foreign travel
YANGON - Myanmar’s embattled junta has banned anyone eligible for military conscription from leaving the country without permission, as it seeks to shore up its forces fighting rebel groups ...
Euronews11d
Myanmar junta extends mandate by further six months, no date given for elections
Myanmar's military junta 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 ...
The Diplomat22d
ASEAN Foreign Ministers Tell Myanmar Junta to Prioritize Peace Over Elections
Addressing a post-meeting press conference, Hasan said that a representative of Myanmar’s military junta had briefed the gathering about plans to hold an election this year, but that the rest of ...
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Junta-led Sahel states ready joint force of 5,000 troops, says minister
NIAMEY, Jan 22 (Reuters) - A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled central Sahel region, Niger's defence chief ...
The Conversation28d
Mali’s military junta has made homosexuality a crime – what the new law says
Christophe Broqua does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
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ASEAN tells Myanmar junta peace, not election, is priority
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations called on the warring sides in member nation Myanmar to stop the fighting and told the junta's representative to allow unhindered humanitarian access ...
UCA News22d
Myanmar deports over 50,000 scam center workers to China
Myanmar's junta said on Jan. 21 it had deported to China more than 50,000 people suspected of involvement in online scam operations since October 2023, as it made a rare call to neighboring countries ...