Lamer said closer analysis can find that FEMA’s approximated maps can overestimate flood risks — something clients are usually hoping for. “I’ve had lenders say, ‘Prove to me we’re out of the floodplain’ and we do the work and you’re 30 feet above the river,” Lamer said of FEMA’s original mapping. “That’s how inaccurate these…
A recent judgement finds that Bitcoin can’t be regulated under apartheid-era exchange control rules. The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is appealing a Pretoria High Court ruling that set aside its forfeiture of more than R16.4 million held by Standard Bank, ruling that apartheid-era exchange control regulations can’t be used to deal with modern-day crypto-currency…
Addis Abeba — The global community’s ongoing disregard for Somaliland is far more than a diplomatic oversight; it is a profound injustice that undermines regional stability and silences one of Africa’s most successful democratic stories. A symbolic yet telling incident occurred recently when the BBC corrected a map of Somalia following strong condemnation from the…
