Description
Added on the 20/07/2016 22:42:42 - Copyright : Reuters EN
The funeral for the Burkina Faso military officers killed in an attack on a supply convoy headed for the northern town to Djibo on September 26 is held in the coutnry's capital, Ougadougou. The ambush, claimed by Al-Qaeda, with an official death toll of 37 people, 27 of them soldiers, has become emblematic of the state's inability to secure remote countryside areas and protect local people, 10 years into a bloody jihadist insurgency in the Sahel region. IMAGES
Mandalay, Apr 15 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar security forces opened fire Thursday at a demonstration of medical personnel in Mandalay and detained about 20 people in a new day of protests against the military junta that seized power during the Feb. 1 coup, the local press reported. According to data from the Association for the Assistance of Political Prisoners, at least 714 people have died due to the military repression, while more than 3,000 people have been detained, including the leader of the deposed government Aung San Suu Kyi.The Myanmar Army justifies the coup on alleged electoral fraud in November’s elections, in which Suu Kyi's party won a landslide victory, as it did in 2015, with the endorsement of international observers. (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: A FUNERAL OF A MUSLIM MAN KILLED DURING ANTI-COUP PROTESTS IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Mandalay, Apr 11 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar security forces have killed at least 82 anti-coup protesters in a daylong violent crackdown in Bago city near Yangon, a monitoring group said Sunday.The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said that Bago became a "killing field" Friday in a “dawn to dusk" clampdown on the protesters in the city, about 70 km (43 miles) northeast of Yangon.The group warned that the casualty figures were "likely much higher." (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: ANTI-MILITARY COUP PROTEST IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Yangon, Mar 15 (EFE/EPA).- A total of 126 people have lost their lives in violent crackdowns on protests against the Feb.1 military coup in Myanmar.At least 38 people were killed on Sunday, according to data from the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF ANTI-COUP PROTESTS IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Mandalay, Mar 11 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar’s military junta has accused Aung San Suu Kyi of taking illegal bribes in cash and gold in what was the latest charges leveled against the democratically-elected leader since she was overthrown on Feb. 1.Brig. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the junta, told a press conference that Suu Kyi had accepted some $600,000 in illegal payments, according to local channel DVB.Suu Kyi has remained in detention for five weeks and faces a number of accusations from the military junta. (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: ANTI-COUP PROTESTS ON MARCH 11, 2021, AND PROTE IN MANDALAY; AND PEOPLE OFFER FLOWERS AT A MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL OF AN UNIDENTIFIED DEMONSTRATOR WHO DIED DURING THE CRACKDOWN WITH THE SECURITY FORCES IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
