The United States and China remained at loggerheads Thursday over a UN Security Council draft resolution calling for a 90-day humanitarian pause in conflicts worldwide in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The stalemate -- over a mention of the World Health Organization -- leaves little hope of a quick vote as the Security Council [...]
The Seychelles' health authorities are finalising new guidelines defining how organisations and businesses will operate while respecting COVID preventing measures when restrictions ease next week, said a top health official on Thursday. Removing restrictions on the movement of people and reopening of businesses will not mean that life in Seychelles will go back to what [...]
Isolation. Home quarantine. Social and physical distancing. These were all words with little relevance for most of us before COVID-19, but after the virus arrived in Seychelles, these words became part of our daily vocabulary. Since March 14, when the first case was confirmed in Seychelles – 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean – [...]
COVID-19 is expected to cause global energy emissions to fall a record eight percent this year due to an unprecedented drop in demand for coal, oil and gas, the International Energy Agency said Thursday. The IEA's Global Energy Review was based on an analysis of electricity demand over more than 100 days, during which much [...]
The number of coronavirus cases in South Africa surged past the 5,000 mark on Thursday after it saw the largest single-day jump to date, health ministry figures showed. A total of 354 new cases were confirmed on Thursday, bringing the overall total to 5,350, and the number of fatalities spiked by 10 to 103. "This [...]
The police in Seychelles are investigating a Nigerian priest based in the island nation following suspicious bank account transactions, the authorities said Wednesday. The police statement came a day after the Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Victoria announced in a communique that "a member of its clergy, Father Fidelis Mbanefo has been suspended from his [...]
The EU's delayed naval mission to enforce an arms embargo on Libya will be ready to begin work in the coming days, officials told AFP on Wednesday.EU states agreed on Monday to equip the new operation with ships, planes and satellites, a spokesman for the bloc's diplomatic chief told AFP.Operation Irini, as the mission is [...]
Health authorities in Seychelles have refuted allegations made by a Dutch couple about poor hygiene conditions and the wrong use of medications in treatment after they tested positive for COVID-19. In an article published in the Dutch-based newspaper De Telegraaf on Wednesday, a Dutch couple in their 50s, Robert and Thea van der Laarse, [...]
The United States has donated a consignment of medical equipment to the Seychelles' Department of Health to assist professionals who are on the frontline fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, the Embassy in Mauritius said on Tuesday. The protective equipment included 2,900 KN95 masks and 200 face shields which were sourced by Eco Service Mauritius and arrived [...]
Madagascar police forced citizens caught outside without a coronavirus face mask to sweep pavements on Tuesday, law enforcement officials said. President Andry Rajoelina has made it compulsory to wear face coverings outdoors in the capital Antananarivo, as well as in the cities of Fianarantsoa and Toamasina, to curb the spread of coronavirus. The new rule, [...]
