European Union health authorities on Tuesday backed using a mix of Covid-19 vaccines, saying it could in some cases produce a better response than a single jab. The best results came from using a so-called viral vector shot such as AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson first, followed by messenger RNA (mRNA) jabs like Pfizer and [...]
This year Seychelles marks the World Anti-Corruption Day with historical breakthrough as prosecution of persons suspected of corruption practices unfolds. As the corruption cases investigated by the Anti Corruption Commission of Seychelles (ACCS) are brought to light during the past weeks, this has revealed large alleged corruption practices. A first in Seychelles history and a [...]
President Wavel Ramkalawan announced in October that 15 streets in the island nation's capital city of Victoria with names related to the island nation's June 5, 1977 coup d'état will be renamed. In this week's Buzz, we look at seven of the new road names. Liberation Road becomes French Chang-Him Road Anglican Archbishop Emeritus French Chang was [...]
Burkina Faso's premier and government resigned Wednesday as protests mounted against officials' inability to combat a wave of jihadist attacks that have killed thousands. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, who had already changed his military leadership over the security crisis, accepted Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabire's resignation, according to a presidential decree. The resignation [...]
The German parliament elected Olaf Scholz as chancellor on Wednesday, turning the page on 16 years with Angela Merkel at the helm as a new centre-left-led coalition takes the wheel of Europe's top economy. Scholz, who won 395 of the 707 votes cast in the Bundestag lower house, has pledged broad "continuity" with the popular [...]
The countdown to the CJSOI Games -- an event that brings together young people from around the Indian Ocean for cultural and sporting events -- has been launched in Seychelles. In a ceremony on Tuesday afternoon, Seychelles, through the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Family, which has the presidency of the Indian Ocean Youth and [...]
The President of the Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, is travelling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a working visit on Wednesday, said State House. The President is accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde. They departed on Wednesday, December 8 and will return on Monday, December 13. Ramkalawan's last visit to [...]
Seychelles' Central Common Cold Store, the largest cold storage facility in the country, officially started operations Tuesday. Located on Ile du Port on zone 14, the Central Common Cold Store provides 12,600 tonnes of cold rental storage to clients who want to freeze their fish at either minus 20 or minus 40 degrees Celsius. It [...]
Seychelles will increase the license and authorisation fees it charges purse seiners bearing the island nation's flag under a new agreement with the owners as of January 1, a top official said on Tuesday. The Principal Secretary for Fisheries, Roy Clarisse, told a press conference that the only legal framework that existed until recently was [...]
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will face off in a high-stakes video call Tuesday, with the US president aiming to convince his Russian counterpart to refrain from attacking Ukraine. Washington and its European allies remain uncertain of whether tens of thousands of ground forces that Moscow has moved to Ukraine's borders are a genuine invasion [...]
