Shake-up in Myanmar as Suu Kyi allies with ousted ruling party boss

Myanmar pro-democracy and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to reporters during her news conference at Lower House of Parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar August 18, 2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday her opposition would ally with powerful ousted ruling party leader Shwe Mann, as the country's political forces re-align in the biggest shake-up since the end of military rule.

President Thein Sein purged rival Shwe Mann and his allies from the Ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in dramatic fashion last week, just months before a landmark election.