Australia to challenge UNESCO downgrade of Great Barrier Reef
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 to host vaccine tech transfer hub
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…
Maldives looking at possibility of direct flight to Seychelles, new high commissioner says
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 first president Kaunda to be buried on July 7
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…
5 melon-headed whales wash up on remote Seychellois island; cause of death not known
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, …
Calls for inquiry as dozens killed, injured, in Ethiopia market airstrike
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 …
PUC in Seychelles asks residents to conserve water as nation enters dry season
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…
25 youth in Seychelles learn how to influence the government budget, obligations that come with debt
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…
3 spécialistes de la santé aux Seychelles pour renforcer la réponse au COVID-19 ; présence de variantes confirmées
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…
Le policier qui a tué George Floyd fixé vendredi sur sa peine
Douze, vingt, trente ans de prison? Le policier américain blanc Derek Chauvin sera fixé vendredi sur sa peine, deux mois après avoir été reconnu coupable du meurtre de l’Afro-Américain George Floyd à l’issue d’un procès retentissant.Le barème des peine…