Military dictatorships

The head of Sudan's Transitional Military Council (TMC) announced on early June 4 that elections will be held within nine months to resolve the crisis since the ouster of former President Omar Al-Bashir. 

Sudan's ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) warned on April 22 against protestors blocking roads and limiting the movement of citizens as protests continued after president Omar al-Bashir was forced from power.

Both western and eastern nations have called on a smooth and peaceful transition in Sudan, with a proposal by the ruling "military council" promising the country would have a new civilian government one day after the armed forces overthrew President Omar al-Bashir. 

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has stepped down and consultations are under way to form a transitional council to run the country, government sources and a provincial minister said on April 11.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir declared a nationwide state of emergency on Friday and dissolved the government, in an effort to quell weeks of demonstrations that have rocked his iron-fisted rule of three decades.

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir vowed "real reforms" on Dec. 24 after days of deadly protest which pose one of the biggest challenges he has faced during decades in power.

Thousands of Greek citizens were jailed or tortured by the authorities during the military dictatorship that ruled the country from the colonels' rise to power following a coup in 1967 until their downfall in 1974.

There are good generals in Burma - that is, generals who are not too corrupt, not too brutal, and not absolutely determined to maintain military control of the country forever. One such general is Thura Shwe Mann.

The leader of Myanmar's ruling party has been removed from his post, an official said Aug. 13, after a shock police swoop on party headquarters that laid bare a power struggle among the country's key political players ahead of elections.