Polls opened in Myanmar on Sunday kick-starting a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected government, unleashing a brutal civil war it has yet to win.

Polls have opened in Myanmar’s first general election since the country’s military toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government in a coup in 2021.

Observers say the vote, accompanied by a renewed crackdown on dissent, is meant to entrench the junta's power.

Voters went to the polls Sunday for the initial phase of Myanmar ’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military government while a civil war rages throughout much of the country.

Myanmar has begun its first general election since the military seized power in 2021, with voting taking place in phases amid ongoing civil war and doubts over the process. The polls have drawn criticism from the UN and rights groups,

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