The UN's health agency on Monday recommended a second malaria vaccine for children, which could save hundreds of thousands of lives by plugging a huge supply and demand gap. Nearly half a million children in the African region die every year from the disease, which is caused by a parasite carried by mosquitoes. "As a [...]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff-level agreement with Seychelles on the first review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF). This followed an IMF mission in Seychelles led by the mission chief, Todd Schneider, where discussions were held with authorities from September 21 to October [...]
In 2018, in a move to underscore the importance of the Seychelles' Aldabra giant tortoises and shed light on the plight of the species, a group of conservationists and philanthropists set up an Indian Ocean Tortoise Alliance (IOTA). The alliance, which was initiated at the recent Paris Peace Conference, is an inclusive, Seychelles-anchored non-profit organisation [...]
The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved a Kenyan-led mission aiming to bring stability to Haiti, a year after leaders in the violence-ravaged Caribbean nation first pleaded for help. The Western Hemisphere's poorest nation has been in freefall, with armed gangs taking over parts of the country and unleashing brutal violence, and the economy [...]
The European Union signalled its long-term support for Ukraine on Monday as its foreign ministers convened in the capital Kyiv for a historic first gathering outside the bloc's borders. The meeting comes as disagreements grow among EU members over support for Ukraine and as Kyiv's forces make limited gains in a high-stakes counteroffensive against Russian [...]
The Seychelles Magistrates' Court on Monday charged eight individuals including Dr Patrick Herminie, the leader of United Seychelles, the main opposition party, in an ongoing witchcraft case. The other individuals who have been charged are Alli Said, a Tanzanian national, and six Seychellois - Yvon Legaie from Ma Joie, Jules Radegonde from La Digue, Kenneth Evenor from [...]
A book detailing the life of a former Seychellois tourism minister, Alain St. Ange, was launched on September 29 in Bali in the opening sessions of the World Tourism Network (WTN) tourism summit. Entitled "Alain St. Ange - A Life in Tourism", the book is written by a tourism expert from Reunion, Pascal Viroleau, and was [...]
A United Nations mission visited Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday, Azerbaijan said, after almost the entire ethnic-Armenian population fled since Baku recaptured the breakaway enclave. An Azerbaijani presidency spokesman told AFP that a "UN mission arrived in Karabakh on Sunday morning" -- mainly to assess humanitarian needs. It marks the first time in about 30 years that [...]
Pope Francis on Saturday elevated 21 clergymen from the four corners of the world to the rank of cardinal, saying diversity was indispensable to the future of the Catholic Church. Under sunny skies and with a crowd that filled half of Vatican City's grandiose, colonnaded St Peter's Square, the 86-year-old pope welcomed the new, so-called [...]
A new manual for judicial officers concerning African common law, aimed at judges, lawyers, and law students, has been launched by a Court of Appeal judge and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Seychelles. “A Practical Approach to Evidence for Judicial Officers,” which was written by Dr Mathilda Twomey and her colleagues at the [...]
