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.

It has been found out that the outbreak of ebola in the DRC is not connected to the outbreak in West Africa right now.

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.

In recent years you can see the spread of smartphones in many places that seem unlikely to have them. A survey was conducted in many countries including Zimbabwe. The survey asked people if they read more with a smartphone and 62% of people said that they felt they did.

To enhance its presence, Germany has begun to ship a range of FUSO trucks to Zimbabwe.

The President if Zimbabwe, Mugabe, makes another trip to China in an attempt to attract investment for Zimbabwe's sinking economy. It is a possibility that China will help Zimbabwe partly because of the president's long time friendship.

It is believed that the terrorist group Al Shabab's ,located in Somalia, chief, Ahmed Abdi Godane, was killed in an US airstrike even though there is no body.

Barack is going to nominate an ambassador of Somalia, the first time in 20 years. The goal is to increase security in Somalia which would contribute to the country's political and economic development.

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.

On his way to attend the Nobel Peace conference, the Dalai Lama was denied a visa to enter South Africa. This is the third time in five years that South Africa has denied a visa to the Dalai Lama. This coordinates with our lesson as that this article deals with oppression and during apartheid, races were oppressed from various things.

Oscar Pistorius was cleared of the murder of his girlfriend but is still under trial for manslaughter since he believed that there was an intruder in the bathroom. This judgement is likely to be condemned since it will fuel fears that the decision was based on Pistorius's wealth and fame. This article is relevant to our lesson since it talks about the fear of the people toward the judgement and how people were scared of apartheid.

As South Africa approaches their 20 year anniversary of democracy, they also come close to election day where both candidates seem to have a fatal flaw. Jacob Zuma was found to have used twenty million dollars of government money to upgrade his house while the other candidate, Oscar Pistorius, is under trial for the murder of his girlfriend. Neither of these candidates are well liked or popular in South Africa. This applies to apartheid since it talks about the twenty year anniversary since it is also the anniversary of the end of apartheid.