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18/04/2012

African press review 18 April 2012

Sudan and South Sudan edge closer to war over oil. A UK court may order a Nigerian former governor's property seized. And Guinea Bissau's new rulers promise severe repression.

Calls for press freedom in Myanmar
08/04/2012 - International media

Calls for press freedom in Myanmar

Madeleine Earp, senior Asia Research Associate at the Committee to Project Journalists in New York, discusses mounting pressure on Myanmar's junta to deliver on promises of press freedom ...

04/04/2012 - France - Mali

France fears Al-Qaeda influence growing in north Mali

France is worried that Al-Qaeda’s influence is growing in the wartorn north of Mali and wants the UN Security Council to back humanitarian aid to the area, which has fallen to Tuareg ...

03/04/2012 - Mali

Ecowas slaps sanctions on Mali ahead of emergency UN meeting

West African leaders have introduced harsh sanctions on Mali's new junta ahead of emergency UN talks on Tuesday on the troubled nation, half of which is now held by Tuareg rebels and Islamist ...

Thein Sein, a été élu président de la Birmanie ce vendredi 4 février 2011.
04/02/2011 - Myanmar

Myanmar names prime minister as new president

Myanmar has named incumbent prime minister and retired general Thein Sein as its new president, a government official said on Friday.

31/01/2011 - Myanmar

Myanmar junta-run parliament opens new session

Myanmar's new parliament opened on Monday as lawmakers assembled for the country's first legislative session since elections were held in November.

08/12/2010 - Chile - France

Pinochet junta members on trial over missing French citizens

Fourteen members of the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's military regime went on trial in absentia in Paris Wednesday, over the disappearance of four French citizens.

18/11/2010 - Myanmar - Exclusive Interview

Suu Kyi waits for 'bon moment' to meet military junta leader

In an exclusive interview with RFI, Myanmar pro-democracy leader and Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi says she would be happy to work with the military to bring democracy to Myanmar.

16/11/2010 - Myanmar

Suu Kyi advances lawsuit against Myanmar junta

Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has signed an affidavit at the Supreme Court in Yangon as part of a lawsuit against Myanmar’s ruling junta.

13/11/2010 - Myanmar - interviews

Aung San Suu Kyi - what next after house arrest?

Pro-democracy campaigners hailed the release of Aung San Suu Kyi but supporters told RFI that they are worried about her safety and the future of her political party.

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