Myanmar's long-silenced opposition on Sunday reappointed Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as party leader at a landmark maiden congress, as it eyes victory in elections due in 2015. The former political prisoner, who entered parliament last year, was unanimously selected as chairwoman by her National League for Democracy's 120-member Central Committee, a party source told AFP. Hundreds of NLD members have gathered in Yangon for the conference in a display of political strength that would have been unthinkable under the junta.

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday called for her once-banned party to unify as it prepares for landmark 2015 polls, conceding there had been "some fighting" over party positions. Speaking at the first congress of her National League for Democracy, she said "the spirit of fraternity is very important", adding "there was some fighting" internally, which analysts say could undermine its push for power.

Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition opened a historic conference on Friday seen as a key chance to revitalise the popular but inexperienced party, which faces major challenges ahead of elections in 2015. The Nobel laureate's National League for Democracy (NLD), for years banned by a junta that lived in fear of its huge public support, has been urged to enlist the help of outside experts and inject new blood into its elderly top ranks.

Aung San Suu Kyi's long-silenced opposition opened its first ever party conference Friday, as it sets its sights on the challenges of power in Myanmar after years in the political wilderness. An estimated 850 representatives will attend three days of talks that aim to redefine the National League for Democracy (NLD) leadership -- an event hailed by the party as unprecedented in the country's troubled history.