A Chinese-flagged trawler that ran aground off Mauritius with 130 tonnes of fuel aboard has been safely towed to shore, the fisheries minister announced Thursday. The Lu Rong Yuan Yu struck a reef on Sunday off the northwest coast, rekindling memories of a similar accident last year involving a stranded bulker that leaked 1,000 tonnes [...]
The number of COVID-19 cases in Seychelles has been on a downward trend since reaching a peak in mid-February, a health official announced on Thursday. The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, told a press conference that since then “week after week we have registered a decrease in the number of cases per week.” Since the [...]
Brazil registered a record 2,286 deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said Wednesday, as a worrying surge pushed the figure past 2,000 for the first time. The South American country of 212 million people, which has the world's second-highest death toll in the pandemic, is struggling to deal with a [...]
On March 8, Seychelles joined other countries in commemorating International Women's Day, which celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Seychelles, a group of 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean, has made remarkable strides in gender parity and was even ranked among the top 10 gender parity governments in the world [...]
Seychelles will welcome back Aeroflot once its borders re-open on March 25, linking the island nation to Russia's capital, Moscow, said the Seychelles Tourism Board on Wednesday. The weekly flight from Moscow will first touch down on April 2 at the Seychelles International Airport at 9.55 am, and the return leg will depart at 11.05 [...]
Mauritius on Wednesday went into a two-week nationwide lockdown, the second time the Indian Ocean archipelago nation has imposed such a restriction since the coronavirus pandemic began a year ago. "We had no other choice but total containment in order to prevent the spread of the virus and protect the population," Prime Minister Pravind Kumar [...]
State schools in Seychelles will open in phases for face-to-face class as of March 15, a top official said on Wednesday. The reopening will see a group of students attending classes on alternate weeks. The schedule is aimed at reducing the density of students and minimising the spread of the COVID-19. On Monday, March, 15, [...]
Seychelles has submitted its report to the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group for re-rating following a series of legislative changes made last week to ensure compliance with international standards, a top official said on Wednesday. The Secretary of State for Finance, Patrick Payet, told SNA that "according to procedures of the Financial Action [...]
Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday responded to explosive racism claims from grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, voicing deep concern and sympathising with their troubles with royal life. "The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan," she said in [...]
Sri Lanka's government insisted Friday on the cremation of all coronavirus victims, rejecting international pleas and recommendations from its own experts to allow the Muslim minority to bury their dead in line with Islamic custom. The government first banned burials in April amid concerns -- which experts say are baseless -- by influential Buddhist monks [...]
