World leaders on Thursday called for resilience and cooperation after the pandemic recedes, during a UN videoconference in which the United States, China and Russia did not participate. About 50 leaders took part in the event on development financing, with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte saying in a recorded message that the goal must be [...]
Businesses that import goods into Seychelles say the depreciation of the rupee and a shortage in foreign exchange are making their working conditions difficult. According to the consolidated exchange rate as of May 21, the rupee is at its lowest point against the dollar and the euro since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Euros are at [...]
India's coronavirus death toll passed neighbouring China's on Friday, with 175 new fatalities in 24 hours taking the total to 4,706, according to official data. India, home to some of the world's most packed cities and a creaking healthcare system, is emerging as a new hotspot with record jumps in new cases in recent days. [...]
Ailments such as respiratory disease and stomach flu have decreased in Seychelles during the COVID-19 era thanks to the social distancing and good hygiene practised during the last several months, the Public Health Commissioner said Thursday. Illnesses like conjunctivitis have also decreased in people age 5 and older, Jude Gedeon told a news conference. Meanwhile, [...]
The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic could push as many as 86 million more children into poverty by the end of 2020, a joint study by Save the Children and UNICEF showed Wednesday. That would bring the total number of children affected by poverty worldwide to 672 million, an increase of 15 percent over [...]
On March 20, 1876, Venn’s Town, the first educational institution for the children of liberated slaves, was officially opened in Seychelles. Located up the hills at Sans Soucis in the north-west of the main island of Mahe, it was established by the Christian Missionary Society and named after Henry Venn - an Anglican evangelist. The [...]
Seychelles - 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean - is a dream destination with abundant sunshine, powdery white beaches, crystal clear turquoise water, fresh clean air and unique diverse biodiversity. The island nation has for the last five decades been a tourism destination for thousands, an industry that is the main pillar of its [...]
Unthinkable just a few months ago, the United States on Wednesday surpassed the grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths, as the pandemic tightened its grip on Latin America. With the European Union unveiling a massive recovery plan to step up its emergence from the crisis, the US figure was a sobering reminder of the devastation [...]
Tourism businesses in Seychelles will need to meet a set of criteria to help stop the spread of COVID-19 before welcoming visitors to their establishments when the island nation airport reopens for commercial flights on June 1, said a high official on Wednesday. The principal secretary for tourism, Anne Lafortune, told a press conference that [...]
The number of international peacekeeping missions rose slightly in 2019, but the number of personnel deployed continued to decline, researchers said Wednesday. The number of multilateral peace operations, both by the UN and others, rose by just one to 61, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). But the number [...]
