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23 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments AverageVancouverite $0.43
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that in the past 5 weeks, the number of Ebola virus cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has nearly doubled to 100 cases, marking the nation's 11th Ebola outbreak. As of now, 96 of the 100 report...
20 Aug 2020 1 minute read 2 comments AverageVancouverite $0.20
At least 45 migrants and refugees are confirmed dead after a deadly shipwreck off the coast of Libya, marking the deadliest shipwreck off the Libyan coast this year, and bringing the total confirmed death toll of those attempting to cross the Mediter...
19 Aug 2020 1 minute read 3 comments AverageVancouverite $0.46
Malian President Ibrahim Boubcar Keïta, Prime Minister Boubou Cissé, and several other officials of the nation such as the foreign minister and the finance minister have been detained by mutinying soldiers are are being held at the Soundiata military...
18 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite $0.33
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...
7 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite $0.27
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...
4 Aug 2020 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite $0.38
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...
25 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite $0.02
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...
19 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite $0.02
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...
14 Jul 2020 3 minute read 1 comment Jaemoney $0.16
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...
13 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite $0.15
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...
