Coronavirus-linked deaths in Africa surged by 43 percent in the space of a week, driven by a lack of intensive-care beds and oxygen, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Fatalities associated with Covid in the WHO's Africa region, which includes North Africa, rose to 6,273 in the week of July 5-11, compared with [...]
Heavy rains and floods lashing western Europe have killed at least 59 people in Germany and nine in Belgium, and many more people are missing as rising waters caused several houses to collapse on Thursday. In Germany, which is experiencing one of the worst weather disasters since World War II, desperate residents sought refuge on [...]
The Airtel telecommunication company and the government of Seychelles will work on data pricing to make it more affordable for users, said the managing director and chief executive of Airtel Africa. Raghunath Mandava accompanied by Airtel Seychelles' managing director Amadou Dina, on Thursday met with President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House, Victoria. "Seychelles is a [...]
The Air Charter Service together with Air Seychelles and Bristol Airport in England will offer a short series of flights to coincide with Easter and the early May bank holiday next year, the Seychelles national carrier said on Thursday. The short series of flights will be from Bristol airport direct to Dubai with onward service [...]
Nations most vulnerable to the impacts of global warming on Thursday called for rich countries to live up to their promise to finance the fight against climate change, ahead of a crunch UN summit. Highlighting a "worrying lack of urgency" from recent G7 and G20 summits, dozens of countries said the COP26 talks in Glasgow [...]
The World Trade Organization will host a ministerial meeting this week aimed at breathing life into drawn-out negotiations towards banning subsidies that favour overfishing, but numerous sticking points remain. Before Thursday's meeting, WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala voiced hope that trade ministers from the organisation's 164 member states could finally move towards clinching a "historic" agreement. [...]
A Seychellois team is conducting a feasibility study to operate a rock oyster farm with the end product being made available for local and international consumption. The Rock Oyster team is doing the study through a SCR 1 million Blue Grant Fund from the Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT) to determine the economic viability [...]
A Seychellois investment company is conducting a feasibility study to operate a rock oyster farm with the end product being made available for local and international consumption. Harmony Investments is doing the study through a SCR 1 million Blue Grant Fund from the Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT) to determine the economic viability [...]
The Seychelles Supreme Court on Wednesday remanded for another 30 days two Seychellois men arrested late last month in possession of explosive material. Justice Ronny Govinden ruled that the two men should be detained as per the Prevention of Terrorism Act of 2004 which makes provisions for suspects to be held for 90 days without [...]
One person died and more than 100 others, including independent journalists and dissidents, have been arrested after unprecedented anti-government protests in Cuba, with some remaining in custody on Tuesday, observers and activists said. A 36-year-old man named by the state news agency as Diubis Laurencio Tejeda died during an anti-government protest on the outskirts of [...]
