The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, will undertake an official visit to Qatar from March 20-23, State House said on Thursday. The visit, which is at the invitation of the Amir of Qatar, Sheik Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, is the first official one for Ramkawalan since he became the President of Seychelles in October last [...]
Leading EU countries said Thursday they would resume AstraZeneca vaccinations after the European medical regulator said the jab is "safe and effective" and not associated with a higher blood clot risk after days of commotion around the shot. The closely-watched announcement from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) came after the WHO and Britain's health watchdog [...]
President Wavel Ramkalawan reassured the nation on Thursday that the COVID-19 situation in Seychelles is under control despite the latest spike in the number of cases, a week before the country reopens for all visitors except those from South Africa. The health authorities registered two COVID-19 clusters earlier this week, one at the Home for [...]
An Italian court on Wednesday cleared energy giants Eni and Shell of $1.1-billion (920-million-euro) corruption charges related to a major oil exploration deal in Nigeria. Judges in Milan acquitted Italy's Eni, Anglo-Dutch firm Shell and 13 defendants, including Eni's chief executive Claudio Descalzi and his predecessor Paolo Scaroni. "After almost three years of trial, the [...]
Starting March 25, Seychelles will again welcome visitors from across the globe irrespective of their vaccination status, except those coming directly from South Africa. The destination will continuously review the new entry measures to ensure that at all times the health and safety of the visitors and the local population are not compromised. SNA looks [...]
The health authority in Seychelles has identified two COVID-19 clusters in the country that have led to a sudden rise in numbers from 12 positive cases on March 16 to 132 on March 17. The two clusters were registered at the Home for the Elderly at the North East Point on Mahe the main island [...]
Tanzanian President John Magufuli died Wednesday aged 61 from a heart condition, his vice president said, after more than five years of divisive, authoritarian rule capped by his refusal to take Covid-19 seriously. Magufuli, popularly nicknamed the "Bulldozer", had been missing from public view for almost three weeks, fuelling wild rumours of his ill health, [...]
The main opposition party United Seychelles (US) is confident it can make a comeback in the next elections. The party lost the presidential election in October last year after 43 years of holding the presidency. It also lost a majority of the seats in the National Assembly. The party elected a new leader and executive [...]
France has long defended the purity of its language with an official list of permitted words, but the launch of a new online dictionary with state support on Tuesday underlines how attitudes have shifted. For three centuries, the venerable Academie Francaise in Paris has produced state-sanctioned dictionaries that document and approve new terms or expressions. [...]
Where is Tanzania's President John Magufuli? Tuesday marks 17 days since the 61-year-old has been seen in public, and despite a clamour of rumours of ill-health, the Tanzanian authorities have yet to provide clear answers as to his whereabouts. The mere question is now leading to arrests, as the government seeks to contain the rumours. [...]
