Germany and Italy on Friday joined Britain in banning most travel from South Africa as governments scramble to prevent the spread of a new Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations. In a sign of the growing alarm, the European Union on separately proposed prohibiting travel from southern Africa. The EU's executive "will propose, [...]
A new United Nations liaison office has opened in Seychelles and will be operational as of next week, said its coordination officer. The office located in Maison Mahe in Victoria is there to "strengthen and synergise the relationship between the different agencies and to really assess and collaborate on matters whenever we can," explained the [...]
Scientists in South Africa said Thursday they had detected a new Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations, blaming it for a surge in infection numbers. The number of daily infections in Africa's hardest-hit country has increased tenfold since the start of the month. In response, Britain banned all travel from the country and [...]
Three local organisations joined the Alliance Française on Thursday to kick-off 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence in Seychelles. The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that begins November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until December 10, Human Rights Day. [...]
A Seychellois man who was being held on an Iranian dhow as part of a drug deal was released to the local police force on Thursday. The Iranian dhow was intercepted by the Indian authorities outside the Seychelles' Exclusive Economic Zone after information had been shared on the presence of a Seychellois man on board [...]
Tanzania said on Wednesday it would allow pregnant students and teenaged mothers to continue with their studies, reversing a heavily-criticised policy instituted by its late autocratic leader John Magufuli. In 2017, the East African country began expelling pregnant girls from state schools and banned them from returning to class after giving birth, in a crackdown [...]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is satisfied with the work being done to increase the storage capacity of the Seychelles' La Gogue Dam, a top official of the bank said on Wednesday. "We are very impressed with the project's progress as we have noted that a lot of work has been done since our last [...]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said he was horrified after at least 27 migrants died trying to cross the Channel from France, offering closer cooperation to tackle criminal gangs behind the practice. "I am shocked, appalled and deeply saddened by the loss of life at sea," he said after convening top officials for [...]
Two former high government officials appeared before the Seychelles' Supreme Court on Wednesday in connection with the ongoing investigation of the disappearance of $50 million. The $50 million was granted to the Seychelles' government by the United Arab Emirates in 2002. The funds were transferred to a bank account of the Seychelles Marketing Board (SMB), [...]
A NASA mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid -- a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth -- blasted off Tuesday from California. It may sound like science fiction, but the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) is a real proof-of-concept experiment, [...]
