24 seafarers with COVID-19 in Seychelles have recovered, official says
Twenty four of the 91 seafarers from the Spanish tuna fishing fleet operating in Seychelles who tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered, the Public Health…
China rushes to contain floods after record rainfall
Soldiers erected sandbag flood barriers in a city near China’s largest freshwater lake after the heaviest rainfall in nearly six decades drenched the swollen Yangtze…
Mandela’s daughter Zindzi dies at 59
Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela died on Monday at the aged of 59, her…
Facility for early childhood care in Seychelles to be completed by 2022
Seychelles will this year see the construction of a UNESCO Global Category II Institute for Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD). The announcement was made…
Two Madagascar lawmakers die with coronavirus
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina on Sunday said two lawmakers — one member of the senate and one deputy — had died after becoming infected with…
Six-month fishing shut-down in Seychellois harbour leads to 6 cm growth
An increase in the size and number of fish caught in traps was observed in an area around the main harbour of Praslin, Seychelles’ second-most…
New bill to protect consumers in the financial sector being worked on in Seychelles
Work has started in Seychelles on a new consumer protection bill for the financial sector. The process, now in the public consultative stage, is being…
Virus surge sparks SAfrica curfew and Spain local lockdown
South Africa re-imposed a nationwide curfew on Sunday while Spain’s Catalonia region forced hundreds of thousands of residents back into lockdown as coronavirus cases accelerated…
Mali president tries to calm unrest with court dissolution
Mali’s embattled president announced the dissolution of the constitutional court in an attempt to calm the major civil unrest gripping the vulnerable African country, as…
Project in Seychelles examines if cold water reduces coral bleaching
The Save Our Seas Foundation is funding a project seeking to establish if cooler ocean water that might flush coral reefs surrounding one of Seychelles…
WHO urges aggressive virus measures as flare-ups spark new closures
The World Health Organization has urged countries grappling with coronavirus to step up control measures, saying it is still possible to rein it in, as…
Seychelles National Parks staff clear nature trails during tourism low point
Staff from two reserves of the Seychelles National Parks Authority (SNPA) are joining forces to clean nature trails on La Digue, as the authority faces…
Bolivia leader catches virus as US cases soar higher
Bolivia’s interim president became the latest world leader to test positive for the coronavirus Thursday, as the United States notched yet another record-breaking surge of…
Trial of 5 suspected Somali pirates to begin in Seychelles Aug. 30
The trial of five suspected Somali pirates who were transferred to the Seychelles by EU NAVFOR in April last year will start in the Seychelles…
Seychellois seamen receive backdated pay from time on EU vessels
Forty-two Seychellois seamen who worked on European Union fishing vessels have received backdated payment from an adjustment in their salaries, a top official of the…