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15 Aug

‘We are all on the front line’: DR Congo’s young women rebels take on M23 | Conflict News

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Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Marie Byamwungu fiddles with the overlong sleeves of her camouflage shirt, the military uniform hanging like a costume on her slight fame. But her lips curl back into a wry smile when the 20-year-old, whose real name we are not using for security reasons, describes fierce battles between her militia group and M23 rebels, who are in the middle of an insurgency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “I’ve seen heavy fighting, but I am proud. I can still go to fight,” she says, sitting in a paramilitary base some three…

11 Aug

US to provide $3.5bn more in military aid to Israel amid war on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

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Part of the military aid package will go to an Israeli army unit accused of serious rights abuses of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The United States will send an additional $3.5bn to Israel to spend on US-made weapons and military equipment, the Department of State has said, as the deadly war in Gaza continues into its 10th month and amid claims of widespread Israeli military abuses in the occupied Palestinian territory. A State Department spokesperson said on Friday that the department had notified Congress on Thursday that the Biden administration intended to release billions of dollars worth of…

15 Jun

‘Miscalculation’ could lead to wider Hezbollah-Israel conflict: UN officials | World News

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There is a “very real” risk that a miscalculation along Lebanon's southern border could trigger a wider conflict between Hezbollah and the Israeli military, two U.N. officials in Lebanon warned on Saturday. The United States and France are working on a negotiated settlement to the hostilities along Lebanon's southern border. (File)(AP) The United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, and the head of U.N. peacekeeping forces in Lebanon, Aroldo Lazaro, said they were “deeply concerned” about the recent escalation along Lebanon's border. Iran-backed Hezbollah last week launched the largest volleys of rockets and drones yet in the eight months…

13 Jun

Record 120 million people forcibly displaced by war, violence globally: UN | World News

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A staggering total of 120 million people are living forcibly displaced by war, violence and persecution, the UN said Thursday, branding the ever-increasing number a "terrible indictment on the state of the world". At the end of last year, 117.3 million people were displaced, UNHCR said in a report.(AFP) The United Nations' refugee agency UNHCR said forced displacement globally had once again smashed records, with conflicts in places like Gaza, Sudan and Myanmar forcing even more people to flee their homes. The global displaced population is now equivalent to that of Japan, it pointed out in a statement. "Conflict remains…