Africa
‘Profit from the coup’: Myanmar ethnic rebels welcome pro-democracy fighters
4 years agoA man rides his trishaw an almost empty street during a "silent strike" to protest and mark the second anniversary of the military coup in Yangon on February 1, 2023. - Streets in commercial hub Yangon were largely emptied from late morning, AFP correspondents said, after activists called for people across the country to close businesses and stay indoors from 10 am (0330 GMT) to 4 pm. (Photo by STR / AFP)
At dusk in northern Myanmar, fighters from the Ta'ang National Liberation Army patrol their frontlines and mark the positions of junta troops, their decades-long conflict with the military fraught with…