This article describes and provides photos of the film festival in the DRC that encourages youth expression through the arts and not through violence. This represents the effort being made to overcome past conflicts and current difficulties, to make the youth more able to lead the country in the future. This relates to the articles we read because it shows the positive development that has occurred since the civil war. Furthermore, it provides perspective into the culture of the DRC.

This article describes the inspiring story of a group of people in DRC that overcame poverty, violence, racial discrimination, and noisy environments to become the first all-black symphony orchestra. The hardships that the group overcame relate to our discussion by demonstrating the struggles that people must go through to live in the war-torn environment of DRC.

This article describes what Congo must do to satisfy the UN-arranged peace accord, naming Rwanda refugees and delayed reforms as the barriers to achieving this. This realtes to the NPR report on the continuing violence of the civil war, and coincides with the idea that peace agreements are not always obeyed. This article also describes recent protests by citizens who want to change the constitution so leader Joseph Kabila can remain in power. This relates to the description of Kabila's leadership in the database article.

This article relates how Belgium took millions of dollars of Zimbabwean diamonds. Ever since the UN lifted the sanction on diamonds in 2013, these gems have been a large contribution to the debt-stricken economy. This relates because the database article discusses how sanctions on exports can negatively affect the economy, and how land reform is causing disputes on whose property is whose.

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 discusses the case of a white man who was forced out of his commercial farm by black squatters under government orders. This relates to the database article we read because it provides a modern example of land occupation under land reform.

This article talks about a recent al-Shabab attack on a Somali government official. The official's driver and bodyguard died in this attack. The story relates to our assignment about the al-Shabab and how they use violence to be terrorists in Somalia.

This article talks about the possibility for Somaliland to vote like Scotland recently did to become independent. It discusses the pros and cons of different political actions the government could take to try to achieve international recognition. This relates to our discussion about Somaliland and its failure to be recognized by other countries.

This article is very similar to the one we read. It describes how the al-Shabab receives money from taxes, sponsors, poaching, and discreet money transfer in a system called Hawala. It also gives updates on what has changed in the past year and how that affects their income, such as the recent death of Ahmed Godane, their leader. This relates because it similarly describes the financial practices of the Somali terrorists.

The BDS-SA, an organization that wants to raise awareness for the Palestinians, put up billboards advertising their cause. However, they were taken down because they violated a city law about insensitive advertising. The BDS-SA made a lawsuit saying that the billboards' removal, and the city law, violated the constitution's freedom of speech. They won this case on Thursday, which shows how South Africa is recovering more from the apartheid because of freedom of speech and fair trials.

This article tells about the photographer Ernest Cole who was a photojournalist during the apartheid. His book of photos was banned in South Africa and was only brought to major attention very recently, when there are many exhibitions. This relates because it shows how influential the little-known stories of the apartheid are, and the photographs give us a glimpse into the life of South Africans during this time.

This article describes a Muslim man's controversial efforts to open a mosque that grants gender equality and admits anyone, regardless of religion or sexual orientation. This philosophy is a literal interpretation of the Quran (Muslim holy text), and he chose to do this because it goes against the problematic radical interpretations that lead to stereotypes and ethnic conflicts. The mosque has not yet opened, but the founder has already received numerous death threats because of the institution's non-standard philosophy. This relates to our study because it is an example of someone who is today trying to end stereotypes in South Africa, just as the ANC tried to end apartheid stereotypes.