Country’s health ministry says a third of those diagnosed with COVID-19 in past week had had both doses of vaccine.
Seychelles
Ramkalawan, running for the presidency for the sixth time, won 54.9 percent of valid votes cast, poll body says.
Voters go to polls amid economic downturn as restrictions on global travel bottom out the tourism industry.
President Danny Faure, in power since 2016, is facing voters for the first time in the three-day election.
Danny Faure discusses what a political establishment that has been in power since 1977 has to offer moving forward.
The government says it worked closely with companies to decide which areas to protect.
Opposition declares agreement between two governments ‘dead’ against backdrop of contest for influence in Indian Ocean.
Six candidates fail in the first round to secure a 50-percent share of the vote, forcing a run-off.
Incumbent president James Michel facing his first serious challenge after two terms in office.
Saving endangered species in the Seychelles; the civic science movement investigating corporate polluters.
Sunshine-rich GCC countries are investing billions in solar-powered energy.
The United States has belatedly realised that it should focus on building closer economic ties with African countries.
Flooding and landslides have destroyed well over a hundred houses on the main island of Mahe.
Ten-man Burkina Faso end their long wait for an Africa Cup of Nations win putting four past a helpless Ethiopia.
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