Category: News
Somalia receives 300,000 doses of Covid vaccine
Somalia on Monday received its first shipment of 300,000 doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, destined for frontline workers and those most at ris [...]
New app from Seychellois company helping COVID-19 contact tracing effort
A technology company in Seychelles -- Space 95 -- has developed a contact tracing app to help the island nation's Ministry of Health keep track of and [...]
Libya’s new interim PM set to take office
Libya's new interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah will be sworn in Monday to lead the war-torn country's transition to elections in December, aft [...]
2 Aldabra tortoises to return to Seychelles from French zoo
Two giant Aldabra tortoises living in a zoo in the north of France are being repatriated to their native Seychelles, said an official from the Environ [...]
Seychellois musician advances in songwriting competition with song ‘New Beginning’
A Seychellois songwriter, producer and musician made it as one of 2,300 semi-finalists taking part in the 2020 International Songwriting Competition w [...]
Africa set for growth with rising poverty, debt in 2021: forecast
Africa's economy should return to growth in aggregate across the continent in 2021 after a coronavirus recession, the African Development Bank said Fr [...]
Home gardens grow in Seychelles amid COVID-19 doldrums
Seychellois staying at home due to COVID-19 restrictions are increasingly turning into home gardening enthusiasts, an initiative supported by the loca [...]
South Africa’s Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini dies aged 72
Goodwill Zwelithini, the controversial but revered king of the Zulus, South Africa's largest ethnic group, died Friday aged 72 after weeks in hospital [...]
96 coco de mer nuts planted by property owners, Seychelles Islands Foundation says
A total of 96 coco de mer nuts have been planted on private property in Seychelles under a scheme developed by the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) [...]
2 Seychellois Olympic qualifiers resume training
The two Seychellois athletes who have qualified for the rescheduled Olympic Games in Tokyo, Rodney Govinden and Felicity Passon, have resumed training [...]