#Myanmar's military seized power on Monday in a #coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate #AungSanSuuKyi, who was detained along with other leaders of h
As head of the Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin threatened on Friday to pull his troops out of the protracted battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut next week, FR
As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Europe to ask for more military aid - Ukrainian forces are preparing for a possible new Russian offensive, with troops on the front
#Ethiopia's military killed 42 people allegedly among those responsible for massacring more than 100 civilians in a troubled western part of the country, local officials said Thurs
Ethiopia's military has gained “full control” of the capital of the defiant Tigray region, the army announced Saturday, after the Tigray government reported that the city of a half
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy #Ahmed's government said on Tuesday that many Tigrayan militia and special forces were surrendering in line with an #ultimatum before a threatened off
In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Ethiopian Finance Minister Ahmed Shide discussed the government's ongoing military offensive against the northern Tigray region and its ca
Ethiopian federal forces have taken "full control" of the Tigray region's capital Mekelle, the military's chief of staff Birhanu Jula said in a statement posted on the military's o
Myanmar is one of the poorest countries in the world - and the military coup could have a devastating impact on the economy. Instability and the threat of international sanctions c
Iranian Brigadier General Hossein #Dehghan, a former Revolutionary Guard commander and defence minister, is now serving as a military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov promised continued military support for Mali in its battle against an ongoing jihadist insurgency as he visited the country on Tuesday. Mali’
#Myanmar #military television says the military has taken control of the country for one year. An announcer on military-owned Myawaddy TV made the announcement Monday morning.
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Protesters started gathering across #Myanmar's largest city of #Yangon on Tuesday, defying warnings from the #military threatening "action" against large gatherings.
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Russia accuses Ukraine of masterminding the murder of a prominent war blogger. Vladlen Tatarsky whose real name was Maxim Fomin blown up by a figurine handed to him during a talk i
FRANCE 24's regional correspondent Bastien Renouil reports from Nairobi.
Supporters of #Myanmar's #military, some armed with knives and clubs, others firing catapults and throwing stones, attacked opponents of the Feb. 1 coup on Thursday, as #protests a
Rail, air and sea services have restarted between the United Kingdom and France. As FRANCE 24's correspondent Benedicte Paviot reports, the announcement will be met with relief fro
FRANCE 24 correspondent Herve Amoric says trucks are being turned around systematically at the UK port of Dover, after France suspended trade and travel between the two countries f
First there was a coup, then Myanmar's military banned protests... And yet. And yet a new generation of pro-democracy protesters is returning to the streets. In fact, their numbers
IN THE PRESS – Tuesday, February 2, 2021: We look at reactions to the military takeover in Myanmar. While Western papers denounce a "coup", The Independent writes that Aung San Suu
President Joe Biden announced Thursday the United States was ending support for a grinding five-year Saudi-led military offensive in Yemen that has deepened suffering in the Arabia
FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris Trent was granted an #exclusive #interview with #Azerbaijan's President Ilham #Aliyev, in which he says #Turkey has not been sending Syrian #mercenarie
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan talks about the reignited conflict in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Pashinyan accuses Turkey of
Armenian anger is mounting over the terms of the peace deal signed with Azerbaijan. Even so, FRANCE 24's international affairs editor Armen Georgian says Prime Minister Nikol Pashi
There was panic-buying of food, #military roadblocks in the capital Naypyidaw and a triumphant pro-army rally in Yangon in the hours after a coup in #Myanmar. But there was also qu
Anger across Armenia has crystallised in the last 24 hours in the wake of a Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal widely seen as a capitulation to Azerbaijan.
FRANCE 24's Luke Shrago, i
#Armenia's prime minister accused top military officers on Thursday of attempting a coup after they demanded he step down, adding fuel to months of protests calling for his resigna
A military parade was held Thursday in the Azerbaijani capital in celebration of the peace deal with #Armenia over Nagorno-#Karabakh that saw #Azerbaijan reclaim much of the separa