Three more seafarers working on Spanish tuna vessels in Seychelles have tested positive for COVID-19. The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, told a weekly press conference on Tuesday that the new confirmations bring the total number of active cases to nine. Gedeon said that the infected seafarers are being kept in isolation at sea [...]
A new digital platform has been launched in Seychelles aimed at bringing women entrepreneurs together to support and share business ideas across the African continent. The digital platform -- 50 Million African Women Speak (50MAWS) – was launched in a ceremony at Eden Bleu Hotel on Tuesday. It is available via the web (www.womenconnect.org/news) and on [...]
Travellers coming to Seychelles will soon be able to submit their travel documents online, facilitating the collection of data and risk analysis during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The upgrade is being made possible through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the island nation and Travizory Border Security. Travizory is a Swiss-based company [...]
Tunisia's prime minister-designate on Tuesday unveiled the country's second government in six months, which must now seek approval from lawmakers incensed by how the administration was formed. Hichem Mechichi had previously declared his intention to form a cabinet dominated by independent technocrats able to "present urgent solutions" for a country where a sluggish economy has [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to certify on Tuesday that the African continent is free from wild polio, four years after the last cases appeared in northeastern Nigeria. "Thanks to the relentless efforts by governments, donors, frontline health workers and communities, up to 1.8 million children have been saved from the crippling life-long [...]
Seychelles is among countries in the region that will benefit from a $49.2 million grant which aims to address the issues of climate change in the western Indian Ocean islands. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will provide a $38-million-dollar grant to help non-governmental organisations in Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles to carry out ecosystem-based adaptation [...]
Seychelles is a critical site for the conservation of reef manta ray as a new study shows that the species seldom venture far from D'Arros island and St Joseph atoll. The study, which ended last year, was conducted by a Save Our Seas Foundation research centre on D'Arros. The leader of the project, Lauren Peel, [...]
Hundreds of Libyans marched in the capital Tripoli on Sunday evening to protest deteriorating living conditions and denounce corruption in the war-torn country, witnesses said. Angry at extended cuts to power and water, and long lines at petrol stations, the mostly young people marched in the streets of the city centre, chanting slogans including "No [...]
United Seychelles, the country's ruling party, endorsed on Saturday its 26 candidates who will stand in the upcoming legislative elections scheduled for October 22-24. At the launch event party leader Vincent Meriton said that United Seychelles' candidates understand the severity and magnitude of the economic problems Seychelles is facing due to the tourism slow-down associated [...]
Some of California's largest-ever fires raged across the state Saturday, forcing tens of thousands from their homes as forecasters warned of further blazes sparked by lightning. Several thousand lightning strikes in recent days ignited fires that left thick smoke blanketing the region. The total area burned for all the fires in California this week is [...]
