Mali's beleaguered President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's attempts to soften his iron-fisted image appear to be falling flat as a newly energised opposition intensifies calls for his resignation over continuing bloodshed in the poor Sahel country. A newly formed opposition coalition of religious leaders, politicians and civil society figures has rallied tens of thousands to take [...]
The two main political parties in Seychelles, United Seychelles (US) and Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS), are urging first-time voters to register and cast ballots in the presidential election in October. Provisional dates announced by the Electoral Commission for the presidential elections are October 22-24. Once the dates are confirmed the voters' register will close. Figures [...]
A week after her Lebanese employer kicked her out without her luggage, pay or passport, all Ethiopian domestic worker Sofia wants is to go home as Lebanon begins repatriations. "My madam threw me out. She owes me six-and-a-half months salary," Sofia said, her hair draped in a red scarf. "I want to go back to [...]
Latin America and the Caribbean on Saturday surpassed two million coronavirus cases, with Brazil home to more than half of the infections, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. The virus is accelerating its spread in the region, an outbreak hotspot with 2,007,621 confirmed cases. Brazil, Latin America's largest country, trails only the [...]
The name Mazaren in Seychelles is like the name Steve Irwin in Australia, for he is well known as a conservationist with a vast knowledge of the islands which forms the Seychelles archipelago. Mazaren, who was born Antonio Constance, turned 85 on April 16. SNA caught up with the octogenarian, who was amongst the first [...]
Egypt appealed on Friday for the United Nations Security Council to intervene in a deepening dispute with Ethiopia over its gigantic Nile dam that Cairo fears would cut its vital water share. The move comes as tensions run high after multiple rounds of talks over the years between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan failed to produce [...]
One of Seychelles' leading telecommunication companies – Cable and Wireless Seychelles – will provide customers with a paperless service from August it will no longer print bills, a savings of two trees per week worth of paper, the company said. The chief executive of Cable and Wireless Seychelles, Charles Hammond, told a press conference recently that [...]
Thirty-two complaints -- including on the right to work and freedom against torture -- have been received by the Seychelles' Human Rights Commission since March 2019, the chairperson said on Friday. Bernadin Renaud said the complaints also include the right to a fair hearing, the right to live peacefully in a community, and the right [...]
East Africa is bracing for a third outbreak of desert locusts, with billions of the destructive insects about to hatch and threaten food supplies in a region already reeling from damaging rains and the coronavirus pandemic. Spurred by favourable weather conditions, the migratory pests have descended on East Africa in record numbers since late 2019 [...]
The near-term economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic on Seychelles has already been severe. Travel restrictions have hit the island nation's main source of income, the tourism sector, hard. SNA spoke to Ahmed Afif, an economist and politician who is an elected member for Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) and a vice presidential candidate, for his [...]
