Official results show that opposition leader Patrick Herminie has won the presidential election in Seychelles, defeating incumbent leader Wavel Ramkalawan in Saturday’s runoff vote.

Seychelles’ electoral authority says the country will hold a rerun vote between the two main contenders.

The people of Seychelles are voting in an election to choose a new leader and parliament.

The president of Seychelles has declared an emergency after a huge blast at an explosives depot that followed deadly flooding on the country’s main island.

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Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has lashed out against archrival Rwanda.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is heading to the U.N. climate summit saying his country will push strongly for emissions reductions.

Pedestrians wear masks as they walk on a street in the capital Victoria, Mahe Island, Seychelles Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. The president of the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles says he hopes enough residents will soon be vaccinated against COVID-19 to stop the spread of the virus, hoping to achieve herd immunity by mid-March by vaccinating about 70% of the population. (AP Photo/Salim Ally)VICTORIA – The Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles had one of the world's first COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, and this month it aims to again break ground by reaching so-called “herd immunity." “We have a lot of good friends that love us,” Vanessa Lesperance, a medical officer in the Indian Ocean island nation, told the AP last month. So-called herd immunity is reached when enough people are protected through infection or vaccination to make it difficult for a virus to continue to spread.

NAIROBI – The Seychelles presidential election has seen an upset, with the electoral commission on Sunday declaring longtime opposition contender Wavel Ramkalawan the winner over incumbent Danny Faure. The ruling party has been knocked from power for the first time since 1977. Faure and I are very good friends and an election does not mean the end of one’s contribution to one’s motherland,” Ramkalawan, a six-time presidential candidate, said shortly after the announcement. Faure accepted his loss and added “I wish you all the best,” the Seychelles News Agency reported. The outgoing president promised to continue living in the country and said he would be available to dispense advice.