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Myanmar’s military junta holds elections

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

Polls opened in Myanmar on Sunday kick-starting a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected government, unleashing a brutal civil war it has yet to win.

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Myanmar Polls Open in First Election Since Junta Coup in 2021

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Polls Open for Military-Ruled Myanmar's First Election in 5 Years

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Amid a civil war, polls open in Myanmar for 1st time since military coup 5 years ago

Voters went to the polls Sunday for 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 o...

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

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Myanmar votes amid civil war, junta chief down plays presidential role

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Conflict and fear sap campaign energy ahead of Myanmar election

"The only real activity is the setting up of campaign billboards," 36-year-old Nwe told Reuters, adding that the few rallies being held were under guard.

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'We will vote but not with our hearts': Inside the election staged by Myanmar's military rulers

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What’s happening in Myanmar’s civil war as military stages elections?

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. Still, some see them as the most pragmatic way to try to improve conditions.

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

Observers say the vote, accompanied by a renewed crackdown on dissent, is meant to entrench the junta's power.

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Polls open for Myanmar’s first election since military seized power

Voters in Myanmar are participating in the first phase of the country’s general election, held under military rule amid a civil war.

Inside Myanmar’s first election since deadly civil war began

A campaign song plays to encourage voting in Myanmar’s first election since a coup in 2021 sparked a deadly civil war. CNN’s Ivan Watson reports on the ground in Yangon, as the military government conducts the polls,

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Myanmar’s Election Is Derided as Fake, but the Nation’s Suffering Is All Too Real

A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy by holding elections.

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Myanmar goes to the polls amid civil war and humanitarian crisis

Myanmar has been hammered by a conflict triggered by a 2021 coup in which the military ousted an elected civilian government led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.

BBC visits Myanmar polling station as civil war rages on

Voters in Myanmar's election say the poll is taking place in a "climate of fear", the BBC's South East Asia Correspondent Jonathan Head reports.

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

Myanmar's military rulers are holding a general election in phases starting Dec. 28 amid the country's civil war. The head of the U.N. says the vote will be anything but free and fair.

UN says Myanmar needs 'free, fair, inclusive and credible' elections

YANGON: The United Nations said Sunday (Dec 28) that Myanmar needs "free, fair, inclusive and credible" elections, as balloting began in a heavily restricted military-run poll.