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This article discusses the story of one man who was convicted for child rape and abuse by putting them into war. But, like in the articles that we read, he most likely bribed the judge for a less harsh sentence. Originally he was supposed to serve 12+ but instead he was partially forgiven and will serve slightly less than 6 years. My thought would be that he bribed the judge in order to receive a reduced sentence, which just goes to show how corrupt the system truly is that he can do such horrible things but weasel his way out of it with money. 

This articles describes how this senior opposition lawmaker in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jean-Bertrand Ewanga, was sentenced on Thursday to one year in prison for insulting the president of the DRC, Joseph Kabila. This relates because again more violence is being taken, but now in the hands of Laurent Kabila's, Joseph.

This article looks at a senior opposition lawmaker who was sentenced on Thursday to one year in prison for insulting the country's president and government. Ewanga had been charged with stimulating hatred, tribalism, and disregard of the supreme court.

70 people have died in the northern DRC from an outbreak of hemorrhagic gastroenteritis but the WHO state that it is not Ebola. It has many of the same symptoms but the death rate is not even close to the rate in West Africa as well as the DRC doesn't share any borders with the countries in West Africa.

This article talks about activist in the DRC spreading awareness about HIV/AIDS. This relates to the issues in the activity because it's an example of what is being done to help the problem.

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.