1. The junta took over Mauritania in a military coup as a protest against the government's poor management over spiralling oil and food prices.
2. The situation is volatile in tensions not only in Guinea, but between the military junta and the outside world.
3. Child soldiers were a key reason why respondents picked Myanmar, where the military junta is accused of forcing tens of thousands of children to fight.
4. Thousands of opponents took to the streets on Monday after the military junta imposed a ban on their rally at a city stadium.
5. The Baath party took over power in Syria following a 1963 coup that overthrew the military junta.
6. The EU wants ASEAN to pressure Myanmar's military junta to introduce democracy reforms.
7. The International Labor Organization has warned the Burmese military junta to end forced labor or risk triggering sanctions from ILO member states.