In this file image made from video by National Unity Government (NUG) via Facebook, shows Duwa Lashi La, the acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), posted on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, in Myanmar. More than a dozen of villagers including several teenagers have been reported killed in some of Myanmar’s deadliest fighting since July between government troops and resistance forces. The fighting near Gangaw township in the northwestern Magway region started on Thursday, Sept. 9. It followed a call for a nationwide uprising by the opposition National Unity Government, which seeks to coordinate resistance to military rule. - AP
YANGON, Sept 11 (Reuters): At least 20 people have been killed in fighting between militias and Myanmar's ruling military, a witness and local media said on Friday, in the worst violence since opponents of the junta called this week for a "people's defensive war".
The National Unity Government (NUG) formed to resist the army's Feb. 1 takeover called on Tuesday for a revolt against military rule, in an apparent effort to coordinate groups fighting the army and convince soldiers and state officials to switch sides.
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