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Everyone is always looking for that perfect island getaway and most travelers are seeking a destination that offers sun and fun, excellent food and nightlife options, and opportunities for some self-care and pampering. If these are things that motivate your travel decisions, then look no further than the Seychelles. If you are willing to go a […]
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Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
May 30: Mauritius ends lockdown
\tMauritius’ lockdown will be lifted midnight Saturday, May 30 per Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth’s announcement on Friday.
Confirmed cases = 335
Number of deaths = 10
Recoveries = 322
Active cases = 3
\tAll stats valid as at May 30, 2020 07:00 GMT
May 12: Mauritius virus-free after total recoveries
\tMauritius declared total recoveries from coronavirus infections as of May 11, 2020.
May 11 marked the fifteenth consecutive day that the no new case was recorded in the country.
May 4: No new case in 8 days amid lockdown extension
\tMauritius recorded no new COVID-19 cases for the past eight days, according to statistics provided by the National Communication Committee on Monday 4 May.
The sanitary curfew put in place on March 20, and which should have ended today, has been extended until June 1, Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announced last Friday.
There are now more than over 220,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.
According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries confirm cases as and when.
As of May 13, every African country had recorded an infection, the last being Lesotho.
We shall keep updating this list largely sourced from the John Hopkins University tallies, Africa CDC and from official government data.
SUGGESTED READING: Africa’s COVID-19 deaths pass 100,000 mark
Major African stats: June 14 at 14:00 GMT:
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\t\tConfirmed cases = 233.836
\t\tNumber of deaths = 6,261
\t\tRecoveries = 107,013
\t\tActive cases = 120,562
Countries in alphabetical order
\t\tAlgeria – 10,810
\t\tAngola – 138
\t\tBenin – 412
\t\tBotswana – 60
\t\tBurkina Faso – 894
\t\tBurundi – 85
\t\tCameroon – 8,681
\t\tCape Verde – 726
\t\tCentral African Republic – 2,057
\t\tChad – 848
\t\tComoros – 176
\t\tCongo-Brazzaville – 728
\t\tDR Congo – 4,778
\t\tDjibouti – 4,449
\t\tEgypt – 42,980
\t\tEquatorial Guinea – 1,306
\t\tEritrea – 65
\t\tEswatini – 486
\t\tEthiopia – 3,345
\t\tGabon – 3,463
\t\t(The) Gambia – 28
\t\tGhana – 11,422
\t\tGuinea – 4,484
\t\tGuinea-Bissau – 1,460
\t\tIvory Coast – 4,848
\t\tKenya – 3,594
\t\tLesotho – 4
\t\tLiberia – 446
\t\tLibya – 418
\t\tMadagascar – 1,272
\t\tMalawi – 529
\t\tMali – 1,776
\t\tMauritania – 1,682
\t\tMauritius – 337
\t\tMorocco – 8,734
\t\tMozambique – 583
\t\tNamibia – 32
\t\tNiger – 980
\t\tNigeria – 15,682
\t\tRwanda – 541
\t\tSao Tome and Principe – 659
\t\tSenegal – 5,090
\t\tSeychelles – 11
\t\tSierra Leone – 1,169
\t\tSomalia – 2,579
\t\tSouth Africa – 65,736
\t\tSouth Sudan – 1,693
\t\tSudan – 7,007
\t\tTanzania – 509
\t\tTogo – 530
\t\tTunisia – 1,096
\t\tUganda – 696
\t\tZambia – 1,357
\t\tZimbabwe – 356
SUGGESTED READING: rolling coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in Africa II
There are now more than over 300,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.
Major African stats: June 23 at 7:30 GMT:
\t\tConfirmed cases = 315,380
\t\tActive cases = 156,447
\t\tRecoveries = 150,594
\t\tNumber of deaths = 8,339
\t\tAlgeria – 11,920
\t\tAngola – 186
\t\tBenin – 807
\t\tBotswana – 89
\t\tBurkina Faso – 903
\t\tBurundi – 144
\t\tCameroon – 12,041
\t\tCape Verde – 944
\t\tCentral African Republic – 2,963
\t\tChad – 858
\t\tComoros – 247
\t\tCongo-Brazzaville – 1,087
\t\tDR Congo – 5,924
\t\tDjibouti – 4,599
\t\tEgypt – 56,809
\t\tEquatorial Guinea – 1,664
\t\tEritrea – 143
\t\tEswatini – 643
\t\tEthiopia – 4,663
\t\tGabon – 4,739
\t\t(The) Gambia – 41
\t\tGhana – 14,154
\t\tGuinea – 4,988
\t\tGuinea-Bissau – 1,556
\t\tIvory Coast – 7,677
\t\tKenya – 4,797
\t\tLesotho – 12
\t\tLiberia – 650
\t\tLibya – 595
\t\tMadagascar – 1,640
\t\tMalawi – 749
\t\tMali – 1,960
\t\tMauritania – 3,121
\t\tMauritius – 340
\t\tMorocco – 10,172
\t\tMozambique – 737
\t\tNamibia – 63
\t\tNiger – 1,036
\t\tNigeria- 20,919
\t\tRwanda – 787
\t\tSao Tome and Principe – 702
\t\tSenegal – 5,970
\t\tSierra Leone – 1,340
\t\tSomalia – 2,812
\t\tSouth Africa – 101,590
\t\tSouth Sudan – 1,916
\t\tSudan – 8,698
\t\tTogo – 569
\t\tTunisia – 1,159
\t\tUganda – 774
\t\tZambia – 1,430
\t\tZimbabwe – 512
[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles' outgoing Chief Justice, Mathilda Twomey, said that clearing backlogs and bringing justice for all citizens have been the highlight of her tenure. Twomey, who was sworn in as Chief Justice in August 2015, is the first Seychellois woman to occupy the post. Twomey's last day in the office is Wednesday 30, and a ceremonial sitting was held for her at the Palais de Justice.
The ravaging Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected the world and football was not spared as the sport has been disrupted with lockdown restrictions employed almost everywhere to tame the situation.
As a way to help national football associations - including Rwanda football association - cope with the effects of the pandemic, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has mobilised a $10.8 million relief fund that will be extended to its members.
The decision was communicated during a video conference CAF meeting on Thursday, May 28, when the Emergency Committee approved the immediate distribution of financial grants to 54 affiliated member associations.
\"A total of $10.8 million will be offered to the 54 member associations on the continent as part of a relief plan to ease the financial burden on the African football community during these unprecedented times,\" reads part of the statement.
Across the continent, many football leagues were suspended or cancelled for the 2019-20 season, while some were prematurely ended and titles awarded to the leaders, which was also applied with Rwanda Premier League where APR were crowned champions last week.
[Seychelles News Agency] Voters in Seychelles begin casting ballots in the island nation's presidential and National Assembly election on Thursday, the first of three days of voting.
There are now more than over 150,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.
Major African stats: June 2 at 13:00 GMT:
\t\tConfirmed cases = 158,030
\t\tNumber of deaths = 4,505
\t\tRecoveries = 67,491
\t\tActive cases = 86,034
\t\tAlgeria – 9,626
\t\tAngola – 86
\t\tBenin – 244
\t\tBotswana – 40
\t\tBurkina Faso – 881
\t\tBurundi – 63
\t\tCameroon – 6,585
\t\tCape Verde – 466
\t\tCentral African Republic – 1,173
\t\tChad – 803
\t\tComoros – 132
\t\tCongo-Brazzaville – 611
\t\tDR Congo – 3,495
\t\tDjibouti – 3,779
\t\tEgypt – 27,536
\t\tEritrea – 40
\t\tEswatini – 294
\t\tEthiopia – 1,486
\t\tGabon – 2,803
\t\t(The) Gambia – 25
\t\tGhana – 8,297
\t\tGuinea – 3,886
\t\tGuinea-Bissau – 1,339
\t\tIvory Coast – 3,024
\t\tKenya – 2,093
\t\tLesotho – 2
\t\tLiberia – 316
\t\tLibya – 182
\t\tMadagascar – 908
\t\tMalawi – 358
\t\tMali – 1,351
\t\tMauritania – 668
\t\tMauritius – 335
\t\tMorocco – 7,910
\t\tMozambique – 307
\t\tNamibia – 25
\t\tNiger – 960
\t\tNigeria- 10,819
\t\tRwanda – 384
\t\tSao Tome and Principe – 484
\t\tSenegal – 3,932
\t\tSierra Leone – 909
\t\tSomalia – 2,089
\t\tSouth Africa – 35,812
\t\tSouth Sudan – 994
\t\tSudan – 5,310
\t\tTogo – 445
\t\tTunisia – 1,087
\t\tUganda – 507
\t\tZambia – 1,089
\t\tZimbabwe – 206
The new cases come from 1,187 samples tested on Saturday at border points and the Uganda Virus Research Institute.
At least 19 of the new cases are Ugandan truck drivers who entered the country through the Elegu and Busia border points while four cases were from community infections.
According to the Ministry of Health, all the community cases are contacts of truck drivers who tested positive for the virus.
Uganda's new cases come at a time when the number of cases reported on the African continent is on the rise.
WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti says despite the rise in the number of cases, there is still hope that the effect of the disease on the continent might not be as dire as earlier predicted.
guest column:Miriam Tose Majome THIS is the second in a three-part series about the hijacking of an Air India Boeing 707 flying from Harare to New Dehli India on November 26, 1981. The plane flew into a coup attempt in the Seychelles executed by a group of South African and ex-Rhodesian mercenaries fronted by British former soldier Mike Hoare (Mad Mike). The aeroplane had 65 passengers, the majority of whom were Zimbabweans. One of them was my father Kenneth Rambakupetwa Majome who was travelling as part of a group of senior government officials which included former late Ambassador Angeline Makwavarara and late businesswoman Kiki Divaris to a conference on women entrepreneurs in New Dehli. The plane was stopping over briefly to refuel at Seychelles Mahe island’s Pointe Larue International Airport when it flew into a gunfight between the mercenaries and the Seychelles army. The mercenaries under the command of Hoare had seized the airport after their concealed weapons had been discovered when they tried to sneak in disguised as a team of rugby players. Albert Rene was the President of Seychelles after seizing power from James Mancham in 1977 in a coup a year after the country became independent from Britain. Four years later, he found himself facing a similar political fight for survival. Hoare, now retired from his mercenary exploits of the 60s in the Congo, was living in Durban, South Africa, had accepted the contract to spearhead the coup. He had recruited approximately 44 white men from crack units of the former Rhodesian forces and the elite South African Recce Commandos. Most of the former Rhodesians had served in the Special Air Service, the Selous Scouts and the Rhodesian Light Infantry. All in all it was a bunch of gritty ex-military men with combat experience in Africa. Five hours after it left Harare, the Air India 707 carrying my father swung low towards the runway at Point Larue International Airport. It went down straight in the path of one of two army trucks which had suddenly appeared on the runway. Its occupants oblivious to the approaching aeroplane in the din of exploding gunfire charged wildly at a group of mercenaries in a ground hold out. The aeroplane made contact with the tarmac just as the vehicle occupants noticed it ploughing headlong at them. They abandoned the truck with lightning speed and scurried for cover just as the huge aeroplane’s right wing tore straight into it, tearing it to bits in a deafening collision and spraying a spectacular shower of sparks engulfing the plane. This was the first time the passengers knew that something was not right. The earsplitting sound, the spectacular fireworks and skidding sent a hushed wave of terror throughout the plane. People looked at each other agape but silently in the grip of terror. The nerves which usually precede the hard contact of solid rubber wheels on tarmac were still alive. The plane taxied swiftly to a halt with the passengers still in shocked silence. Its halt was greeted with the ferocious sound of reignited gunfire each side spu
There are now more than over 400,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.
According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries confirm cases as and when. As of May 13, every African country had recorded an infection, the last being Lesotho.
Major African stats: June 30 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 418,211
Active cases = 209,623
Recoveries = 198,182
Number of deaths = 10,406
Algeria – 13,272
Angola – 291
Benin – 1,199
Botswana – 227
Burkina Faso – 962
Burundi – 170
Cameroon – 12,592
Cape Verde – 1,267
Central African Republic – 3,745
Chad – 866
Comoros – 303
Congo-Brazzaville – 1,382
DR Congo – 7,122
Djibouti – 4,704
Egypt – 69,814
Equatorial Guinea – 2,001
Eritrea – 203
Eswatini – 840
Ethiopia – 5,846
Gabon – 5,513
(The) Gambia – 49
Ghana – 18,134
Guinea – 5,404
Guinea-Bissau – 1,654
Ivory Coast – 9,702
Kenya – 6,673
Lesotho – 35
Liberia – 804
Libya – 874
Madagascar – 2,303
Malawi – 1,265
Mali – 2,202
Mauritania – 4,472
Mauritius – 341
Morocco – 12,636
Mozambique – 903
Namibia – 285
Niger – 1,075
Nigeria- 26,484
Rwanda – 1,042
Sao Tome and Principe – 715
Senegal – 6,925
Seychelles – 81
Sierra Leone – 1,498
Somalia – 2,924
South Africa – 159,333
South Sudan – 2,021
Sudan – 9,573
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 661
Tunisia – 1,175
Uganda – 893
Zambia – 1,632
Zimbabwe – 605
[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles' newly elected leader, Wavel Ramkawalan, was sworn in as the country's fifth president in a ceremony at State House in the country's capital on Monday.
