Category: News
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 c [...]
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 [...]
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 Seychelle [...]
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, a [...]
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 face [...]
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 rec [...]
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 Supreme [...]
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 [...]
Census to be held in 2021 to establish Seychelles’ sooty tern population
A national census will be held in 2021 to establish the true population of the sooty tern on the outer islands of Seychelles. This will allow the spec [...]
Nearly all Madagascar’s lemur species ‘face extinction’
Almost all species of lemur, the small saucer-eyed primates native to Madagascar, face extinction, an international conservation body warned on Thursd [...]