Four years after seizing power, Myanmar’s generals are holding on but fighting an increasingly dire battle for survival, experts say

Four years after seizing power in a dawn coup that ousted an elected civilian government, Myanmar's embattled ruling generals are making their most concerted effort to gain legitimacy - by pushing to hold another election.

Myanmar's military junta has announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held this year, as the country enters its fifth year since the overthrow of the democratically-elected government.