Islamist militants occupied a key port in gas-rich northern Mozambique on Wednesday following days of attacks claimed by an Islamic State-affiliated group, a military source and local media said. "The port of Mocimboa da Praia was captured by the terrorists at dawn," the Moz24Horas website reported, while a military source told AFP that the small [...]
Businesses in Seychelles that are certified as safe to welcome and provide services to visitors are now identifiable by a specially designed stamp -- a green check-marked badge. Seychelles reopened its borders to commercial passenger flights on Aug. 1, relaunching the island nation's tourism industry after months of a COVID-19-induced shutdown. In May, the tourism [...]
Zimbabwe's government spokesman Nick Mangwana on Tuesday denied the country was in crisis despite a recent clampdown on dissent that sparked international outrage and shed light on long-standing social and economic woes. In a telephone interview with AFP, Mangwana defended the arrests of around 20 activists and opposition figures for peacefully protesting against the government [...]
Seven crew members of a Sri Lankan-flagged fishing vessel have been remanded for 14 days by the Seychelles' Supreme Court on suspicion of illegal fishing. The Seychelles Fisheries Authority (SFA) said the vessel was apprehended on July 16 by the Coast Guard patrol ship Topaz but the crew members had to remain in quarantine on [...]
The Japanese firm that operates a ship leaking fuel off the coast of Mauritius has been involved in accidents before, including a 2006 oil spill in the Indian Ocean. Mitsui OSK Lines operates the MV Wakashio, which ran aground on July 25 just off the coast of Mauritius, carrying 4,000 tonnes of fuel that has [...]
The Electoral Commission of Seychelles has confirmed October 22 to 24 as the island nation's dates for its presidential and legislative elections. The chairperson of the Commission, Danny Lucas, told a press conference on Tuesday that with the confirmation of the dates, the voters' register is now closed. "This will enable us to compile all transactions [...]
A United Nations volunteer who arrived in Seychelles last week has tested positive for COVID-19, the only active case in the island nation, even as health officials are preparing regulations that will make mask wearing mandatory in public, a top health official said. The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, told a press conference on Tuesday [...]
Troops in Niger backed by French air power launched a hunt Monday for the killers of eight people, six of them French nationals, as prosecutors in Paris announced a terror investigation into their deaths. "Search operations with our partners are under way to root out the people behind these vile acts and strengthen security in [...]
Employees from the tourism industry who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19 are joining in an ambitious project to plant 500,000 trees in a bid to reforest Seychelles’ second-most populated island. The opening phase of the project will see 100,000 trees planted from this month to the end of December and the are expected [...]
Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced his government's resignation Monday under a barrage of pressure over the catastrophic Beirut port explosion six days earlier that has reignited angry street protests. "I announce the resignation of the government," Diab said at the end of a televised speech in which he tried to portray himself also as [...]
