More than 250 million Covid-19 infections have been recorded worldwide since the start of the pandemic, according to an AFP count compiled from official reports at 2100 GMT on Monday. Globally, more than five million deaths from Covid-19 have been recorded so far, but the vast majority of those infected have recovered. Some, however, have [...]
The United States reopened its borders Monday to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against Covid-19 after 20 months of travel restrictions, paving the way for eagerly anticipated reunions among family members and friends. The ban, imposed by then president Donald Trump in early 2020 and upheld by his successor Joe Biden, has been widely criticized and [...]
The Seychelles' government has made impressive progress in implementing an International Monetary Fund (IMF) supported programme and restoring macroeconomic balances, said the head of a first review mission on Monday. The mission, led by Boriana Yontcheva, was in Seychelles from October 23 to November 8 to assess the country's performance at the end of September [...]
A French national charged with the murder of his girlfriend entered a plea of not guilty before the Seychelles' Supreme Court on Monday. The 34-year-old was charged with the murder of his 32-year-old girlfriend, who was found hanged on April 27 in Club Med Hotel Seychelles on Ste Anne island. The accused had been unable [...]
Eight foreigners presumed to be Iranian nationals have been arrested and their vessel seized by the Seychelles Coast Guard, the Anti-Narcotics Bureau (ANB) said in a joint press communique on Sunday. ANB said that military officials and the Police on board Patrol Ship Etoile of the Seychelles Coast Guard boarded the vessel on Friday. Following [...]
Sudanese security forces on Sunday fired tear gas at multiple anti-coup rallies, with protesters in several cities joining a call for two-days of civil disobedience against last month's military takeover. Hundreds of anti-coup protesters rallied in the capital Khartoum, as well as in its twin city of Omdurman, Wad Madni to the south, and the [...]
Nigerian electoral officials were tallying results from a local vote on Sunday after a tightly contested race seen as a test-run for national elections to replace President Muhammadu Buhari in early 2023. Thousands of police and army were dispatched to Anambra state for the election of a local governor, in a year that has seen [...]
The death of a family member who used heroin propelled Seychellois Jude Fred to write a book aimed at inspiring and influencing every person to discover his or her life. 'Journey to Inspire Transformation' was launched last week at the community centre of Roche Caiman, in central Mahe. Fred said he wanted to make a difference after Seychelles [...]
Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg on Friday branded the UN climate summit in Glasgow a "failure" after a week of negotiations produced what some experts have called vague promises to cut emissions. "It is not a secret that COP26 is a failure," Thunberg told thousands of youth protesters at a march in the Scottish city. She [...]
Seychelles' long-distance runners and walkers joined other athletes from 131 countries in a global water challenge dubbed SWEAT4SOAP. The island's Eco-Healing marathon team under the guidance of captain Zsaklin Miklos ran 1,500 kilometres over a six-day period from October 12 to 17 as part of a global awareness campaign initiated by the Australia-based 'Thirst Foundation'. [...]
