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The Nobel laureate and celebrated iconic leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi has been found guilty on some 18 counts by the military styled government that has been running the show. Out of these 18 counts, there are some 11 offences of corruption. If proven guilty, she would have to serve a lifetime in prison where the cumulative sentence comes to 190 years. After having defeated her efforts to create a stable government and democracy through a military coup, she was kept in house arrest and later in jail since February of last year. Pre her detention, Ms. Suu Kyi had held the country’s affairs for a span of 5 years but was later overthrown from her position of state counselor and de facto leader of the country . Obviously, there are reasons for her to deny these allegations, which she has termed as ‘absurd.’ It was not immediately clear if Suu Kyi would be transferred to a prison. She has been held in an undisclosed location, where junta leader Min Aung Hlaing said she coul...

The foreign minister of Mali, Mr. Abdoulaye Diop shared that the tension between Paris and Bamako were due to the fact that the Malian junta had "touched" France's interests by ruling out elections in February. His comments are an indicator of France’s support to push another set of ruler to govern Mali. Earlier also, he had blamed France in his remarks, for supporting the coup. Additionally, in another video Mr Diop has said that there are instances in past, where France has claimed to have defended democracy in other countries. As per his comments France does this by appointing the “head of State” who would carry out the coups. In another incident on Monday, the ruling government of Mali summoned the French Ambassador Joel Meyer and said he had 72 hours to leave the country, according to a Malian government statement announced on state television. The army gained control over Bamako in August 2020 and thereafter the relations between France and Mali have been stra...