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People in the Democratic Republic of the Congo would like to use the Great Inga Dam to power much of Africa. If successful, this would be the world's biggest hydropower project but many power are still very skeptical about it.

This year alone, 130,000 people have fled south central Somalia due to conflicts such as famine, forced-evictions, drought, and military offensives. Many people have began to live in communities that lack common services, in cardboard boxes or small huts made of sticks and mud.

This article describes how civic groups are trying to ban the export of black granite from Zimbabwe. They believe that the local communities do not benefit from the exploitation of the mineral.Black granite rakes in millions of dollars in export earnings mainly from South Africa, Australia, Belgium and other major markets. Activists have, however, condemned the exploitation of the mineral that has left communities in the mining areas wallowing in poverty with environmental decay takes its toll.

A new requirement, states that parents, regardless of nationality, must produce unabridged birth certificates for children travelling with them. Also, one parent travelling with a child must have the written consent of the other parent or a court order granting them legal guardianship.