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This article explained how twelve civilians were killed in a suicide attack on the African Union troops fighting a continuous war against terrorism in Somalia. This article really explains how civilians are the ones paying the price for these brutal attacks.

This article talks about a recent al-Shabab attack on a Somali government official. The official's driver and bodyguard died in this attack. The story relates to our assignment about the al-Shabab and how they use violence to be terrorists in Somalia.

This article describes the attack that occurred one year ago, where gunmen from the Shabab militant group in Somalia laid siege to the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya. This relates to the article "Somlia Militants Mixing Business and Terror", as they talked about large scale attacks on civilians and even stated this incident/massacre directly.

A suicide bomber attacked the Somali presidential palace triggering a massive explosion and then about 10 gunman jumped out and opened fire. This attack was part of a series of suicide bomber missions by the terrorist group, Al Shabab, the president of Somalia is alive and safe.

A suicide car bomber killed twelve people in an attempt to eliminate members of the African Union. The bomber packed the car with explosives and rammed into the African Union convoy travelling southwest of Mogadishu. The attack is believed to be the responsibility of al-Shabab in an attempt to avenge the death of its leader, Godane. Civilians in a neighboring minibus held twelve deaths and twenty seven wounded.

This article is about the trial of an army officer who lead attacks on many villages in the DRC. He is accused of leading mass murder, rape, kidnapping and sexual violence. This relates to the activity because it shows rape being used as a weapon of war.

The strategy Obama plans to take against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria would be similar to the al-Qaida attacks. The airstrikes Obama has been sending have killed key militant leaders and are fewer than the al-Qaida ones. Somali security forces have combined with African Unions and have made advances against this terrorist group that has taken over territory in 2 countries. This relates to the terrorist group in Somalia that we read about in the first article.

This article shows how Kenya continues to fight against Al-Shabaab. The Kenyan president has firmly stated that they will not stop fighting against the terrorist group until peace is restored to Somalia. This is in part because Al-Shabaab has attacked Kenya as well, most notably through an attack on a Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi. Kenya views the group as a high threat, and this illustrates the strong effect that Al-Shabaab has had throughout multiple countries. Al-Shabaab's great impact was an idea addressed in the activity.

This article discusses piracy in Somalia. It states that the reason that piracy became a large threat in the first place was the chaos that remains in the failed state. While piracy has been declining lately, some believe that the pirates are only waiting until ships stop arming themselves before they attack again. This relates to Part D since it discusses the illicit activities that continue to go on due to the anarchy in Somalia.

This articles describes recent events of Somali's Islamist group al-Shabab leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane, was killed following a US air strike attack earlier this week, the Pentagon has said. This relates to the previous articles because it talks about how, "The al-Shabab leader had publicly claimed the group's responsibility for the deadly Westgate shopping centre attack in September last year, he said."; in addition, this article also talks about the many suicide bombings that had taken place, which they now take responsibility for.

More than 130 members of the terrorist organization Boko Haram have surrendered to Nigeria's military after their leader was killed. Over the past five years, the group has killed thousands of people in guerrilla attacks, including the kidnapping of about 200 schoolgirls. This article relates to our discussion because it talks of terrorism.

12 people were killed when a suicide bomber crashed into an AU convoy in Somalia. al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack.

This article is describes a message from the White House that pledges to continue to fight against the Al-Shabaab. This message is in honor of the one year anniversary of the Al-Shabab attack on a Kenyan mall where 67 people were killed and hundreds were injured. This relates to our study, because it describes an action of the Al-Shabab in Kenya, and the Al-Shabab was an important part in our studies of part D.

This article gives information about one of the rebel groups and their concerns. The rebel group wants assurance from the government that the territory that the rebel group controls will protect the citizens from the FDLR. If they agree, all 2,800 members will hand over their weapons. This relates to the articles because because it shows distrust in the government from rebel groups and that the citizens still need protection and the government doesn't always supply it.

The article in question states that a certain rebel group (MMK) are merely trying to defend themselves and the civilians in the areas that they control, and that they will not turn over their weapons unless the government makes assurances that civilians will be protected. This relates to our discussion because it shows that rebels have more power than the central government in certain areas, and that rebellions are sometimes needed to secure liberty.

This article details a rebel group in Congo-Kinshasa who formed because they were threatened by rebel forces from Rwanda. The government has asked the group to hand over all weapons in order to restore peace to the Congo. This relates to the activity because the Congo is currently trying to restore itself to a state of peace and order after years of bad leaders and the civil war.

This article shows how the British oil company Soco is exploiting Africa's oldest national park to search for oil and how they committed illicit acts along the way. Among these acts are paying a park ranger to spy on the National Park's chief warden, attacking park rangers that oppose Soco, and intimidating people with fear and violence to let them proceed with their work. These people are "vampires" as described in the CNN article--foreign people who exploit African resources.