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Violence between Hezbollah and pro-government forces erupted last week in Beirut and nearby mountain villages. In the aftermath, the government is taking stock of its political influence against Hezbollah in the region, while the citizens bury their dead.

On this week's "Africa Update," we take a look at how Zambia recovered nearly $60 million dollars in stolen assets from their corrupt leadership. Plus, Sudan breaks diplomatic ties with Chad, and Zimbabwe eyes a presidential runoff.

Diplomats around the world continue talks with Myanmar's military government about bringing relief aid to the country's cyclone victims. The Southeast Asian country, once called Burma, has been under military rule in one form or another since 1962.

Matthias Gihbauer, who reports for Global News Radio in Bangkok, explains continuing efforts to work with the Myanmar government to get aid to suffering cyclone survivors in Myanmar.

The big question in Cuba is how far the new president, Raul Castro, is willing to go in changing the country. Many elements of his brother Fidel's rigid system of state socialism are still in place, such as food rationing.

Relief supplies from the United Nations are arriving in Myanmar, following last weekend's deadly cyclone. But U.S. military planes with aid for victims are still being denied. U.N. Under-Secretary General John Holmes talks with Melissa Block.

Washington is pressuring Yemen to get tougher on militants, including those involved in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. Yemeni officials say the government isn't strong enough to defeat the extremists militarily, and warn that America's hard stance could backfire.

Conditions are worsening in Myanmar as hungry survivors wait among the dead for help after a huge cyclone hit the Southeast Asian nation over the weekend. The top U.S. diplomat in the country is predicting that the death toll could rise as high as 100,000, from the official tally of 22,500.

An Iranian government crackdown on dissidents is raising fears among the large community of Iranian exiles, who worry they too could be targeted. Some say the Islamic republic is ratcheting up the pressure by threatening political opponents living overseas — even in the United States.

The Iraqi government is creating a special committee to look into allegations that Iran is funneling arms to Shiite militia groups in Iraq. U.S. military officials say there is evidence of Iranian-supplied munitions, but it's uncertain whether there is complicity by the Iranian government.