More than 100 million Covid-19 cases have now been recorded worldwide, according to an AFP tally on Tuesday, as newly-inaugurated President Joe Biden pledged to ramp up the United States's struggling vaccine program. The number of cases, compiled from data provided by national health agencies, represents just a fraction of the real infections as the [...]
It was an intimate affair for supercentenarian Nancy Marie, who celebrated her 112th birthday on Tuesday. With COVID-19 present on the island nation, Marie's celebration of her grand birthday was spent quietly at home with her immediate family but with wishes from all over the country. Marie, who was born on the archipelago's [...]
The G7 group of nations on Tuesday condemned the arrest of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, calling his detention "politically motivated" in a statement. The foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US said Navalny's detention was "deplorable" and called for his "immediate and unconditional release". "Russia is bound by [...]
Stuck at home doing dreary winter work and wish you were at a beautiful vacation hotspot? A "workation" in Seychelles might be your answer. Tourism establishments in Seychelles hoping to attract more tourists on working vacation can apply to a programme set out by the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) that is enticing visitors to use [...]
Uganda's High Court on Monday ordered security forces to end their confinement of presidential election runner-up Bobi Wine. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulani, has been under de-facto house arrest at his home outside the capital, Kampala, since he returned from voting on January 14. Heavily armed soldiers and police officers surrounding the property [...]
People in Seychelles over the age of 60 started getting their first dose of the Covishield COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, as the health ministry rolled out the vaccination campaign for the most vulnerable age group. Seychelles started its vaccination programme on January 10, with the Sinopharm vaccine, which can be administered to people between 18 [...]
Seychelles' health authority has started its second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign by administering the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine from India to people 60 years and above. Covishield, as the vaccine is also known as, was given to the country's leaders on Tuesday and will then be administered to health workers as well as to people [...]
As Ghana prepares for the funeral of former president Jerry Rawlings, the two main political parties are squabbling over his legacy. Rawlings held sway for two decades, first as military ruler and later as elected president. He died in November at the age of 73 and his funeral was initially scheduled for December 23 but [...]
The two leaders in the Seychelles' National Assembly on Monday responded to the State of the Nation address of President Wavel Ramkalawan. The Leader of the Opposition, Sebastien Pillay, said that the president did not outline the real plans of the new government to address and overcome the current situation the country is facing. Pillay [...]
A tropical cyclone that hit central Mozambique this weekend has displaced thousands of people and caused severe flooding in an area battered by two deadly cyclones in 2019, response teams and aid agencies said. Cyclone Eloise made landfall in the early hours of Saturday, bringing high-speed winds followed by torrential rain over the port city [...]
