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This article is about war-torn areas in general, although they do mention the DRC specifically through their population displacement and the effects of war on women. This article was pretty short, but it really supplied the message that Africa is still dealing with the past and current effects of war and will continue to be for some time to come.

This article talks about the lack of clean water in Zimbabwe and how it is negatively affecting the population. This relates because the database article we read discussed how lack of public infrastructure put the economy on a downward spiral, and that these difficulties make land reform initiatives unsuccessful.

This article describes a health crisis in Zimbabwe due to a insufficient water system. The article blames the government for neglecting the public water system for the water issues, rather than a drought. This relates to our studies, because we studied the land reform, which had failure largely due to the unorganized government just as the water system is failing today.

This article describes how one of Zimbabwe's largest hospitals has been operating for most of the year without running water. This violates many public health standards and is being blamed on the government for not taking care, and watching out for the public water sources.

In the article, it describes how the government is still working on land reform even though in the article for Part E, it says land reform failed. They are having Land Commission meetings on how to improve land reform for the future.

This article talks about what current officials are doing about the land crisis. This relates to the activity in that the government's failed land reform is affecting the current issues in Zimbabwean politics.

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will be in Lesotho to mediate in the mountain Kingdom's political and security problems. An emergency meeting was held this week after union leaders disagree on a date to reopen Parliament in Maseru. Ramaphosa will himself meet with members of the fragile alliance government and other political role players to try and restore stability to the mountain Kingdom.