Junta – The Defense Post

Apr- 2026 -

29 April

At Least 23 Killed in Mali’s Kati: Hospital Source

The death toll from a jihadist-separatist attack on Kati, near the capital Bamako, at the weekend has risen to at least 23, a hospital source told AFP on Tuesday.

Dec- 2025 -

11 December

Asia Pacific

A soldier stands guard in Yangon, Myanmar

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Junta Air Strike on Hospital Kills 31: Aid Worker

A Myanmar military air strike killed over 30 people at a hospital, as the junta wages a withering offensive ahead of the elections.

Nov- 2025 -

17 November

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Mali’s JNIM Jihadists: Armed Fighters or Politically Ambitious Belligerents?

Jihadist group JNIM has made itself the arch nemesis of Mali's junta, weakening the country's central government in an unprecedented manner.

Oct- 2025 -

20 October

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Junta Raids Major Scam Center, Seizes Starlink Devices

Myanmar's junta raided one of the country's most notorious internet scam centres and seized Starlink devices, it said Monday, after an AFP investigation revealed an explosion in their use in the billion-dollar black market.

10 October

Asia Pacific

KNDF soldiers in the jungle during the Graduation Ceremony of Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF) battalions, Karenni (Kayah) State, Burma, 7th February 2024. Soldats des KNDF dans la jungle, durant une ceremonie de remise de diplomes de bataillons des Forces de Defense des Nationalites Karenni, Etat de Karenni (Kayah), Birmanie, le 7 fevrier 2024. (Photo by Oliver Petrie / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP)

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Junta Says It Targeted Rebels in Deadly Attack on Protest

Myanmar’s military confirmed it struck a protest where dozens were killed, saying rebel fighters were among the crowd.

8 October

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Dutch NGO Rejects Burkina Junta’s Claims of Spying

An NGO denied claims by the Burkina Faso authorities that its workers had been involved in spying a day after the military regime arrested more of its staff.

8 October

Asia Pacific

Young demonstrators shout slogans and hold flares during an anti-coup protest in Yangon, Myanmar on July 25, 2022. Myanmars military junta on July 25, 2022, reported the execution of four political prisoners in the countrys first death sentences carried out in over 30 years. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto) (Photo by NurPhoto via AFP)

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Junta Strike Kills Dozens at Festival Protest: Residents

A Myanmar military strike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people.

Sep- 2025 -

6 September

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Senegal Says Truckers Kidnapped in Mali as Jihadists Declare Blockade

Senegalese truckers have been kidnapped in western Mali, where a jihadist group has declared a transport blockade.

Aug- 2025 -

26 August

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Burkina, Mali Skip Nigeria-Hosted African Defense Talks

Burkina Faso and Mali did not send representatives to a continental military meeting hosted by Nigeria as relations between the junta-led Sahel countries and their west African neighbors remain tense.

10 August

Africa