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Hotel Attack Killed At Least 15 in Somali Capital

18 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

At least 15 people are confirmed dead and over a dozen others are injured after 4 gunmen attacked the 4-storey Elite Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. The attack started in the afternoon when a car bomb was detonated at the security gate of the hotel. The...

Botswana Bans Sale of Alcohol Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

7 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

In an official statement, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi and the nation's government has declared a ban on the sale of alcohol, suspended all liquor licenses effective immediately, and banned consumption of alcohol in public places citing that...

Tanzanian Miner Makes Second Rare Find Worth Millions

4 Aug 2020 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite

A 52 year-old Tanzanian small-scale independent miner named Saniniu Laizer who became an overnight millionaire this June for selling two Tanzanite stones worth the equivalent of 3.4 million United States dollars to the nation's Ministry of Minerals h...

Manhunt Initiated After South African Jailbreak

25 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

In a statement by the South African Department of Correctional Services, officials confirmed that 69 inmates escaped the Malmesbury Prison of the Western Cape province during a jailbreak, and while 61 have been re-captured, a manhunt has been initiat...

Nigeria's Zamfara State Offer 2 Cows for Each AK-47 Surrendered by Bandits

19 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

Bello Matawalle, the Governor of the Zamfara state of Nigeria, announced that in an attempt to encourage bandits to give up a life of crime and adopt a "normal life", bandits will be offered 2 cows for each AK-47 assault rifle they surrender. Mr. Mat...

Why CryptoCurrency Adoption is Slow in South Africa

14 Jul 2020 3 minute read 1 comment Jaemoney

Introduction I believe in the transformative power of cryptocurrency. I think that it can fundamentally change our society for the better. Not only do I think it represents a leap forward in how we use money, but I also think it lays the foundations...

South Africa Imposes Curfew and Introduces New Restrictions to Combat Covid-19 Spread

13 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

In an attempt to combat the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, South Africa has introduced new restriction including making the wearing of masks outdoors mandatory and a temporarily ban on alcohol sales. A night time curfew between 21:00 and 04:00 l...

Kenyan Schools to Remain Closed until January

8 Jul 2020 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite

Kenyan Education Minister George Magoha announced that all school, public and private, will remain closed until at least January 2021 due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Final year examinations usually taken in October and November have also be...

The state of Cryptocurrency in Africa.

5 Jul 2020 2 minute read 0 comments alberdioni8406

Africa is embracing cryptocurrency slowly and steady, with countries such Nigeria and South Africa leading the Africans to a whole new world of Cryptos. South Africa, in a survey conducted by Hootsuite and Wearesocial, have the most owners of Crypto...

Lazarus Chakwera Wins Malawi Presidential Poll Rerun

28 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

Winning 58.57% of the vote, Malawi's electoral commission announced that opposition leader Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera defeated incumbent President Arthur Peter Mutharika and won the nation's rerun presidential vote. Mr. Chakwera said that his victory...