Myanmar, Suu Kyi
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The civil war is, in many respects, a continuation of civil conflict dating back to the 1950s. Then, the government of the newly independent Burma was beset by an ethnic and communist insurgency. It soon lost control of almost all of its territory, except the Irrawaddy Valley.
Voters queued at polling stations in Myanmar on Sunday to vote in 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.
Myanmar's military government has moved former leader Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest, state media announced, though her exact location remains undisclosed. The 80-year-old Nobel laureate has been detained since the 2021 coup, with her ...