About two million Mozambicans in the epicenter of the country's coronavirus breakout will from Friday adhere to a curfew for the first time since the civil war ended in 1992, President Filipe Nyusi announced Thursday. The southern African nation's decision to impose a 9:00 pm to 4:00 am curfew in the Great Maputo area -- [...]
Vaccination centres in Seychelles are expected to re-open Friday to give second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to over 25,000 people. President Wavel Ramkalawan, who was the first to get the first dose of the vaccine in January, received his second dose on Tuesday. Jude Gedeon, the Public Health Commissioner, said in a press conference [...]
African leaders are expected to focus on the continent's Covid-19 response at a virtual summit this weekend, as well as pressing security crises that have gone overlooked during the pandemic. The two-day African Union summit comes almost exactly one year after Egypt recorded the first case of Covid-19 in Africa, prompting widespread fears that member [...]
Officials in Seychelles are taking advantage of the abnormally empty beaches to start a coastal rehabilitation project at Beau Vallon. The island nation's Ministry of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment is starting the work amidst the lack of tourists and the movement restrictions due to COVID-19. "We have observed a degradation of the Beau Vallon [...]
Conspiracy theories, mistrust and patchy communication have contributed to a flourishing of scepticism about Covid-19 vaccines in African countries, experts say, posing potential dangers to future immunisation campaigns. Anti-vaccine sentiment, often fed by rumours spread on social media, is already thriving in the West. But a similar dynamic is at play across Africa, according to [...]
An increase in freight prices and fewer available international flights are two of the factors negatively affecting fish exports from Seychelles as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The owner of Fresh Seafood Seychelles, a fish processing and export company told SNA that "before the COVID-19 pandemic became rampant, we were exporting six days a [...]
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine significantly reduces virus transmission and is highly protective after a single dose, according to an Oxford University study, which the British government said Wednesday vindicated its inoculation strategy. "It does show the world that the Oxford jab works, it works well," Health Secretary Matt Hancock told BBC radio, hailing the study's findings [...]
The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Myanmar Tuesday but was unable to agree on a statement about the country's military coup, with diplomats saying negotiations will continue. "China and Russia have asked for more time," one diplomat told AFP following the behind-closed-doors videoconference meeting in New York that lasted just over two [...]
A waste sorting and collection project that was being implemented in Perseverance, Seychelles, is being delayed due to the ongoing restrictions in place in the island nation to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The project, which is being implemented by the Land Waste Management Agency (LWMA), is part of efforts to better manage waste, which [...]
Seychelles' Ministry of Health is seeking volunteers to assist with the national vaccination programme and ensure more efficiency as the country rolls out its campaign to administer second doses. With the additional resources, the authority hopes to strengthen and open more vaccination centres, allowing the country to achieve its target of herd immunity by [...]
