This is the first election since the army's coup in early 2021 - and it is being widely condemned as a sham.
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Fighting has caused the spread of illnesses like malaria and cholera. In a worst-case scenario, the situation could threaten regional health security, experts say.
Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an election framed by the ruling military as a return to multi-party democracy ...
Myanmar tattooist Ng La cares little for the national election organised by his country's despised military leaders.
Elections will be first since military seized power in 2021, but analysts say vote is far from a step toward democracy ...
The vote in Myanmar, widely seen as a sham, is a bid for legitimacy by the military government. It is also a way for Beijing to exert its influence there.
The country's rebels are on the back foot ...
The ruling junta says the heavily restricted polls are a return to democracy but critics are wary ...
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, December 22 (IPS) - Myanmar is heading for an election, beginning on 28 December, that's ostensibly an exercise in democracy - but it has clearly been designed with the aim of conferring more legitimacy on its military junta.