The UN human rights chief said Thursday he was "deeply alarmed" by the string of attacks on villages in central Nigeria which left nearly 200 dead, according to local authorities. Armed groups launched attacks between Saturday evening and Tuesday morning in Nigeria's Plateau State, a region plagued for several years by religious and ethnic tensions. [...]
The government of the United Arab Emirates has donated 50 tonnes of essential food supplies for the victims affected by the disasters that struck Seychelles on December 7, 2023, according to a press statement from State House on Thursday. The consignment arrived on Wednesday onboard a specially chartered Etihad Airways flight. "The donation was delivered [...]
The governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS), Caroline Abel, announced on Thursday her departure from the post in March 2024 when her contract ends. Abel gave the news during the CBS press conference on the monetary policy for the upcoming three months. She has occupied the role since March 14, 2012. "Today is [...]
The United Nations on Wednesday said it was deploying peacekeepers to northwestern Central African Republic, where 23 civilians were killed last week in a massacre blamed on rebels. Fighters believed to be from the notorious 3R armed group attacked the village of Nzakoundou on December 21 and left 23 civilians dead, the UN said in [...]
Not many people can live up to the age of 100. Achieving such a milestone is a privilege only a few lucky individuals can enjoy. In Seychelles, with a population of just over 100,000, up to September 2023, there were 12 centenarians, including its oldest citizen Margaret Woodfield Pouponneau, aged 111. Over two months - [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron demanded a "lasting ceasefire" in Gaza during a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, his office said, as an escalating humanitarian crisis grips the Palestinian territory. "France will work in the coming days in cooperation with Jordan to carry out humanitarian operations in Gaza," the French presidency added [...]
The Hamas-run Gaza Strip's health ministry said Wednesday the death toll from the war with Israel had surged above 21,000, about two thirds of them women and children. Israel again pounded Gaza with air strikes and shelling after its armed forces chief warned the war raging with Hamas since the October 7 attacks will last [...]
Homelessness in rural England has risen by 40 percent in five years with many sleeping in the open air, tents or makeshift shelters, a British rural charity said on Tuesday. A cost-of-living crisis in the G7 nation and world's sixth-biggest economy has left many Britons struggling to make ends meet, as bills for food, energy, [...]
Explosives and fireworks in Seychelles will now be stored in a safer and more secure area at Barbarons in the western side of Mahe, the main island, said Vice President Ahmed Afif on Wednesday. Afif announced in a press conference in which he gave an update on the efforts the authorities are making to better manage [...]
More than 100 households affected by the explosion on Mahe on December 7 have already received the SCR25,000 ($1,800) assistance offered by the government, said a top official on Wednesday. In an exercise conducted by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs through the Agency for Social Protection (ASP), about 400 households have submitted applications to receive [...]
