Rwanda’s military and M23 rebels accused of shelling displaced people camps in Congo
Congo alleges that Rwandan forces have been involved in aggression and war crimes in the east and US and UN experts accuse it of giving military backing to M23. Rwanda denies the claim, but in February admitted that it has troops and missile systems in eastern Congo to safeguard its security, pointing to a buildup of Congolese forces near the border.
Beirut shaken as Israeli military airstrikes hit suburbs believed to host Hezbollah headquarters
The strikes hit Beirut shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue Israel’s attacks on Iranian-backed fighters in Lebanon in a closely watched United Nations speech, as hopes faded for a ceasefire that could head off an all-out regional war.
Guinea military quashes attempt to oust ruling junta, locks down area around presidential palace
Several West African nations including Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have had coups that installed military juntas. They have severed or scaled back long-standing military ties with Western powers in favor of security support from Russia.
Haiti’s head of transition council, Edgard Leblanc, grateful for Americans’ solidarity with migrants in Ohio
The majority of the 15,000 Haitian Americans in Springfield are in the US legally. Springfield has faced a wave of bomb threats to schools and other facilities in the wake of the claims.
Lebanese pour into Syria as fears of Gaza-like carnage grow following Israeli airstrikes kill 700
On Monday, Israel struck 1,600 targets across Lebanon, killing 492 people and wounding 1,645, and causing a massive wave of displacement as thousands fled from south Lebanon north. It was a staggering one-day toll that shocked a nation used to war. It was by far the deadliest barrage since the monthlong 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, when an estimated 1,000 people in Lebanon were killed.
