France's announcement Thursday that it would withdraw its anti-jihadist force from Mali stirred little emotion in the Sahel state, where some cautiously welcomed the move but others worried for the future. Many in the capital Bamako listened attentively to the news, which had been expected for days. But even though many Malians had felt frustration [...]
A group of Seychellois farmers has received beekeeping equipment as part of a project to help develop and increase the honey trade in Seychelles. The farmers who attended training sessions to gain the required skills needed to keep bees, received hives, bee suits, and smokers in a small ceremony on Thursday at the training ground [...]
A week-long petrol scarcity is fraying nerves in oil-producing Nigeria as gas stations run out of stock, causing long queues of motorists in major cities. The fuel shortage started last week in the commercial city of Lagos and administrative capital Abuja with few petrol stations selling the product. The state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) [...]
EU and African leaders meet for a two-day summit starting Thursday, seeking to reboot ties with pledges of major investment in the face of competition from China and Russia. Relations have been hampered by a raft of problems: from disputes over coronavirus vaccine supplies, to curbing illegal migration, a wave of coups in Africa, and [...]
The Seychelles women’s national football team stumbled in its first international friendly match on Tuesday losing 1-0 to the Maldives who was playing on its home turf. The match against the Maldives was the first among three friendly matches scheduled for the Seychelles’ side at the beginning of this year under the leadership of Singaporean [...]
The Seychelles National Institute for Culture, Heritage and the Arts (SNICHA) will begin intensive research work in May as part of its objective to give culture more prominence, a top official said recently. This will be done through financing support of $79,584 from the UNESCO’s International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD). The project ‘Identification of [...]
The Seychelles’ La Gogue dam expects to be operational early next year as final works to increase its capacity start, said a top official of the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) on Wednesday. Work on Seychelles’ biggest water reservoir was expected to complete in 2020 but unfavourable conditions and technical issues as some experts could not [...]
President Emmanuel Macron hosts African leaders on Wednesday ahead of an expected announcement that France is withdrawing its troops from Mali after an almost decade-long deployment to battle a jihadist insurgency. Multiple sources have told AFP that Macron will announce that French forces will leave Mali and redeploy elsewhere in the Sahel region, following a [...]
Seychellois citizens and other individuals who have made significant contributions to Seychelles and its people, will receive a National Order of Merit award starting June this year, said a top government official. The National Order of Merit which was approved by the cabinet of ministers in January will recognise distinguished services or acts of devotion, [...]
Severe drought risks pushing nearly half of Somali children under five into acute malnutrition this year, with hundreds of thousands needing life-saving treatment, the UN warned Tuesday, calling for urgent action. "Malnutrition has reached crisis levels," said Victor Chinyama, head of communications for the UN children's agency UNICEF's Somalia operations. "The time to act is [...]
