The Seychelles' health authority will be conducting a serological survey to measure the COVID-19 immunity level among the population, a top health official said on Thursday. A serological survey is a test conducted on a sample of the population to detect the presence of specific antibodies. The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, told a press [...]
Thousands of people were homeless Thursday after a cyclone battered Covid-ravaged India and neighbouring Bangladesh, killing nine people including four children. Cyclones are a regular menace in the northern Indian Ocean but many scientists say they are becoming more frequent and severe as climate change warms sea temperatures. Barely a week after Cyclone Tauktae claimed [...]
Mali's interim president and premier have been released, a military official said Thursday, three days after they were detained and stripped of their powers in what appeared to be the country's second coup in nine months. "The interim president and prime minister were released overnight around 1:30 am (0130 GMT). We were true to our [...]
The government of Seychelles has started a programme to diversify its economy by exploiting its natural resources for exportation as value-added products. The first step in the programme is the revival of the cinnamon industry as a new source of income for the country, a top government official said on Tuesday. The Minister for Investment, Entrepreneurship [...]
A 34-year-old French national was charged with murder by the Seychelles Supreme Court on Tuesday after the death of the man's girlfriend. According to a police communique released after the incident, the 32-year-old girlfriend, also a French national, was found hanged on April 27 in Club Med Hotel Seychelles on St. Anne island. The case [...]
Seychelles is not slowing down its efforts in the fight against illegal drugs coming in by sea, the fisheries minister said on Wednesday while giving updates on three incidents that happened in the past three weeks. Jean-Francois Ferrari told a press conference that Seychelles is being congratulated and supported by the international community on all [...]
The family of George Floyd appealed Tuesday for sweeping police reform on the anniversary of the African American man's murder by a white officer, as they met President Joe Biden at the White House. The president and Kamala Harris, America's first female and first Black vice president, hosted several of Floyd's relatives in the Oval [...]
A parking ticket or seatbelt fine is about to become a lot more expensive in Seychelles. Officials in the island nation are seeking to lower the number of minor traffic offences by increasing penalties for the first time in 25 years -- as much as 10-fold, a government official said on Monday. Spot fines are [...]
Heavy rains and howling winds lashed eastern India on Wednesday as the Covid-stricken country's second cyclone in as many weeks battered the coast, forcing more than 1.2 million people to seek shelter. Many scientists say cyclones are becoming more frequent and severe in the northern Indian Ocean as climate change warms the sea. Last week [...]
Fellowships in the medical field for Seychellois students is one of the main areas of cooperation that Georgia is aiming for with Seychelles, the Georgian ambassador said on Tuesday. Zurab Dvalishvili, the ambassador of Georgia for Seychelles, spoke after paying a courtesy call to President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House. The ambassador said that cooperation [...]