Vote-counting was under way Tuesday following elections in Ethiopia that went ahead without polling in the war-torn northern Tigray region and other restive parts of Africa’s second-most populous nation.Some 38 million were registered to vote but many…
Australia said Tuesday it will strongly oppose a UNESCO plan to list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger” over deterioration caused by climate change.The UN body released a draft report on Monday recommending the reef’s World Heritage status be downgr…
South Africa will host the continent’s first Covid-19 vaccine production facility, as President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday Africa now understood that doses would “never come” from elsewhere in time to save lives.Ramaphosa joined the World Health Organ…
The Maldives is looking into the possibility of having a direct flight with Seychelles as well as further cooperation in the areas of fisheries, education and youth, said the newly accredited high commissioner.Omar Abdul Razzak presented his credential…
Zambia’s founding president Kenneth Kaunda will be buried on July 7, three weeks after he died aged 97, the presidency announced on Monday.The hero of the struggle against white rule in southern Africa “shall be put to rest… at a very private ceremon…
The circumstances surrounding the deaths of five Melon-Headed whales that washed up on the shores of Seychelles’ remote St. Francois Atoll are yet to be established.A senior conservation ranger of Island Conservation Society (ICS) working on Alphonse, …
An airstrike on a busy market killed or wounded dozens in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region, survivors and emergency workers said Wednesday, as a seven-month-old conflict surged again.Families rushed to a hospital in the regional capital Mekele as the …
The Public Utilities Corporation in Seychelles is urging members of the public to conserve water now that the country has entered its dry season.The public relations officer of PUC, Brigitte Payet, told a press conference on Wednesday that residents “c…
Around 25 young people from Seychelles are learning that they can influence the national government’s budget — and that their generation will be obligated to pay off government debts — in a virtual four-day session that will end on Friday.The session…
Trois spécialistes de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé en épidémiologie, en laboratoire et en analyse de données du CDC Afrique effectuent une évaluation complète de la situation du COVID-19 aux Seychelles, a déclaré jeudi un responsable de la santé…