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Congo's Kabila promotes general accused of selling arms to rebels - 1 views

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    Joseph Kabila has named to a top army post a general accused by U.N. experts of selling weapons to rebel groups responsible for massacring civilians in East DRC. This also refers to the first article from Part F, where the government was violent towards innocent people. These actions from Kabila have been going on since a known period in 2012.
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Jude Law 'Overwhelmed' By DR Congo Suffering - 0 views

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    Up to 5 million people have died in DRC during two decades of violence which followed the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Now people are fleeing from the DRC to get to safety. A large part of this is because the government is very corrupt. This is like the first article from Part F because the DRC was usually a violent place.
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'Much to be done' for DR Congo to meet peace deal - 0 views

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    In this article, it describes how the DRC is trying to change to accept the new peace deal that they are in with 10 other African countries. There have been a lot of delays from Kinshasa because of legal issues. There have also been protests against Kabila and his overwhelming victory in the latest elections. This refers to the first article of Part F because the DRC had always had governmental problems n the past.
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Dutch farmers seek court order to attach Zimbabwe diamonds - business - News - StarAfri... - 0 views

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    Dutch farmers are suing the government of Zimbabwe because they say that they were illegally evicted from their land. After Zimbabwe took control of this land they found a lot of diamonds and other minerals on the farm land. The Dutch farmers think that they should get the diamonds and money because the Zimbabwean government took away their land. This refers to the article from Part E because people were evicted from their homes unfairly.
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Evicted Zimbabwe farmer still stranded - 0 views

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    A fig tree farmer had been evicted from his farm in Zimbabwe because of the land reform. The government had allowed native people to settle back on the land without telling the farmer. Now this farmer is stranded with no place to go. There are lawyers trying to settle this dispute. This refers to the article from Part E because of the unfair use of land reform.
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allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Time to Put Finality to the Land Question (Page 1 of 3) - 0 views

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    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.
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Somalia Al-Shabaab Commander Killed in U.S. Airstrike - 0 views

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    The leader of Al-Shabaab had been killed in a US airstrike. This was the leader of on of the main terrorist groups in Somalia. Ahmed Abdi Godane had also allied with the Al-Qaeda, which is another Somali terrorist group. This refers to the first article in Part D because these groups used terror to get what they wanted.
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SOMALIA: Somaliland - Time For Another Referendum? | RBC Radio - 0 views

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    In this article, it says that in 2001, the citizens of Somaliland voted if they wanted to be independent or still be part of Somalia. 97% of voters wanted to be independent. Now the citizens of Somaliland are looking for global recognition, like it said in the 2nd article in Part D. This is why it relates to one of the topics that was required to read.
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Dangerous waters: Meet the new face of piracy - 0 views

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    This article tells how the Somali pirates are now almost out of business and are being replaced by South Asian pirates. This refers to the first article because groups in Somalia used terror as a way to earn money and create business.
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South Africa: The Problem Isn't Black Hair, It's Racist Schools - 0 views

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    Schools in South Africa are creating new rules that are racist to black students. The schools are making rules that discriminates people by their hair.
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Apartheid with Balls: Is South Africa Clinging to Racism Through Rugby? - 0 views

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    Since the end of apartheid, South Africa made a policy that at least 50% of the professional sports team must be colored. The article says that some teams have failed to meet this requirement.
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Do 40 000 whites own 80% of South Africa? - 0 views

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    This connects to the issues of the activity because the article describes how white people in South Africa are still dominating most of the land. This still occurs even 20 years after apartheid.
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