Seychelles will receive 350,000 COVID-19 vaccines through three different donations, President Wavel Ramkalawan announced in a virtual interview with the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) on Thursday. The President said he hopes that the vaccination program will begin in the island nation in January. Ramkalawan said that 100,000 Moderna vaccines developed by the United States will [...]
After being relatively spared by coronavirus, Africa is bracing for the pandemic's second wave, noting how the microbe has once more cut a swathe through rich countries in Europe and North Africa. The continent's most-hit nations are again having to contemplate stringent public health measures as they await the arrival of the vaccine cavalry. In [...]
Workers of the main utility company in Seychelles went on a brief strike on Thursday before saying they would return to work after a compromise was met to reduce the impact of a smaller year-end bonus. About 200 staff from the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) gathered at the human resources office at Bois de Rose [...]
A campaign aimed at reforesting some of the most eroded mountainous areas of Seychelles' second-most populated island is on target to plant 250,000 trees in the next five years. The campaign 'Rebwaz mwan,' meaning reforest me, involves widespread planting of 50,000 seedlings annually over the next five years on Praslin Island. The tree planting is [...]
The European Union said Wednesday it is postponing nearly 90 million euros in budget support payments to Ethiopia because of the conflict in the northern Tigray region. The funds would only be given if Ethiopia's government met the EU's conditions, which include granting humanitarian aid access to everyone in need across Tigray, European Commission spokeswoman [...]
Somalia severed diplomatic ties with Kenya on Tuesday, accusing Nairobi of interfering in its political affairs as Mogadishu prepares for long-awaited elections. The move came as Kenya confirmed it had hosted the leadership of Somaliland, a breakaway state not recognised by Mogadishu, following months of rising tensions between the two neighbours. Somalia has bristled over [...]
Seychelles will explore areas of possible exchange with the United Arab Emirates in the area of sustainable living and green energy technology, State House said on Wednesday. President Wavel Ramkalawan, who is currently on a five-day day working visit in the UAE, visited Masdar City, which is considered a pioneer in sustainability and a hub for [...]
In another strong indication that the tourism industry is picking back up in Seychelles even amid COVID-19, Qatar Airways touched down again in the island nation on Wednesday, its first flight to the archipelago since April. That followed British Airways' return last weekend and Kenyan Airways' arrival this coming Friday, a three-airline rapid-fire return that [...]
Two candidates are vying to become the leader of the United Seychelles political party in an election scheduled for January 30 at an extraordinary congress, the office of the secretary general said on Monday. Elections will also be held for members of the party's executive committee; 30 candidates have registered. Last month the party announced that a [...]
Google's cloud-hosted email service suffered a "significant" disruption Tuesday, just a day after it went down during a massive outage of the internet giant's platform. Google said on a status dashboard that it had Gmail operations back in order shortly before 0000 GMT, about two and a half hours after people started complaining of problems. [...]
