Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera has won an outright election victory after a tense first round of voting in the coup-prone country, the electoral commission announced on Monday. The December 27 presidential election, which coincided with legislative polls, took place as a coalition of armed rebel groups renewed an offensive that left thousands [...]
Iran said Monday its Revolutionary Guards had seized a South Korean-flagged tanker in Gulf waters for breaking "environmental laws", at a time of heightened tensions with the United States. South Korea demanded the release of the Hankuk Chemi and its multinational crew of 20 and deployed an anti-piracy unit to the area, close to the [...]
In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, authorities in Seychelles are closing down more businesses and introducing new restrictions. Critical and essential services remain operational while the general public is being asked to stay at and work from home. The latest restrictive measures were first put in place on December 30 after Seychelles [...]
In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, authorities in Seychelles are closing down more businesses and introducing new restrictions. Critical and essential services remain operational while the general public is being asked to stay at and work from home. The latest restrictive measures were first put in place on December 30 after Seychelles [...]
Seychelles has recorded its first COVID-19 fatality after a 57-year-old Seychellois man who had been hospitalized since New Year’s Eve passed away on Sunday. The man, who had been at the Isolation and Treatment Centre at the Ile Perseverance Family Hospital, died from complications from his illness, said a communique from the health authority. "This [...]
South Africa, which has been hard hit by a second wave of coronavirus cases, hopes to obtain its first vaccine doses next month, the health minister announced Sunday. In recent weeks the South African government has come in for criticism, particularly from health experts, over the delay in starting a programme of inoculation against Covid-19. [...]
Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia agreed Sunday to hold further talks this month, hoping to resolve their long-running dispute over the latter's huge dam on the Blue Nile, Sudan's water ministry said. Previous three-way talks have failed to produce an agreement on the filling and operation of the vast reservoir behind the 145-metre (475-foot) tall Grand [...]
For the second time in a week, Seychelles has increased restrictive measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 after a surge in active cases among Seychellois, a decision taken in an urgent meeting chaired by President Wavel Ramkalawan on Sunday. The island nation in the western Indian Ocean currently has 83 positive cases out of [...]
Countries across the world tightened restrictions on their populations Saturday to fight a resurgence in the coronavirus, as the European Union offered to help drug companies expand vaccine production to improve distribution "bottlenecks". From local curfews to alcohol bans and complete lockdowns, governments are trying to tackle a surge in cases. The coronavirus has killed [...]
A musician in Seychelles is covering an exterior wall at his home with a seascape mural made out of bottle caps, cleaning the environment of discarded waste and adding a touch of island beauty to his neighbourhood. Gilles Lionnet, who is also known by his stage name of El Manager, said he found a new [...]
