Consider the following pairs:RegionReason for Being in NewsNorth Kivu and IturiWar between Armenia a

Question

Consider the following pairs:RegionReason for Being in NewsNorth Kivu and IturiWar between Armenia and AzerbaijanNagorno-KarabakhInsurgency in MozambiqueKherson and ZaporizhzhiaDispute between Israel and LebanonHow many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Accepted Answer

North Kivu and Ituri are provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that have been affected by conflict for decades. Since February 2023, violence and conflict in eastern DRC has increased in these regions. Hence, pair 1 is not correctly matched.Nagorno-Karabakh, known as Artsakh by Armenians, is a landlocked mountainous area in the South Caucasus. The territory is internationally recognised as part of oil-rich Azerbaijan, but its inhabitants are predominantly ethnic Armenians. The area is disputed between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Hence, pair 2 is not correctly matched.The regions Kherson and Zaporizhzhia were in the news because in September 2022, Russia occupied Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. These oblasts make up about 15% of the territory of Ukraine. Hence, pair 3 is not correctly matched.