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People caught without masks forced to sweep streets in Madagascar
Madagascar police forced citizens caught outside without a coronavirus face mask to sweep pavements on Tuesday, law enforcement officials said.
Presid [...]
Import tax on pork, poultry to help Seychellois farmers boost production
The Seychelles' government will increase the levy on imported pork and poultry to cut down on importation beginning of next month to encourage lo [...]
Record 50 mn people displaced internally: monitors
Conflict and disaster forced more than 33 million people to flee within their own countries last year, putting them at greater risk amid the global CO [...]
Control measures and travel advisories, but not tourists, coming when Seychelles’ airport re-opens June 1
Control measures at the airport will be reinforced and travel advisories will be issued on which countries people can travel to and from when Seychell [...]
Seychelles and COVID-19: Movement restrictions to be lifted next week; schools, daycare to reopen later in May
All restrictions on the movement of people in Seychelles to prevent the spread of COVID-19 will be lifted Monday, May 4 if the situation remains under [...]
Egypt seeks aid from IMF amid virus-inflicted downturn
Egypt is seeking an aid package from the International Monetary Fund to offset the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Mostafa [...]
Back to school in China as lockdowns start to ease worldwide
Children in China's two most important cities went back to school Monday after more than three months at home, as coronavirus restrictions eased and g [...]
Air Seychelles measuring demand for flights to return stranded tourists, workers back home
Stranded visitors and holders of Gainful Occupation Permit (GOP) in Seychelles will be able to return to their homeland when Air Seyche [...]
Seychelles’ government to continue with loan repayments to international creditors
Seychelles’ Ministry of Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning said last week that the government has no intention of deferring i [...]
Yemen crisis deepens as separatists declare self-governance
Yemeni separatists early Sunday declared self-rule of the country's south as a peace deal with the government crumbled, complicating a long and separa [...]