Senegalese President Macky Sall has ordered emergency measures be taken to halt growing numbers of migrants leaving the West African country in small boats headed for Europe. Sall instructed the government to introduce "emergency security, economic, financial and social measures to neutralise emigrant departures", a statement said late on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting. It [...]
The UK government is facing a backlash after a senior minister said some people were homeless out of choice, and as one charity said its distribution of emergency food aid has hit record levels. A cost-of-living crisis in the G7 nation and the world's sixth-biggest economy, fuelled by high inflation, has left many Britons struggling [...]
New research has started to determine the validity of labelling Silhouette Island's population as a culturally displaced people following large tourism developments on the island. Cindy Moka, a researcher at the University of Seychelles (UniSey), began the research in June and presented her initial findings during one of the academic activities of the 2023 Creole [...]
The Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday approved a phased introduction of Seychelles' trade remedies legislation that will serve to protect the country from illegal dumping. In a Cabinet press briefing on Thursday, Vice President Ahmed Afif told reporters, "We have a policy that protects our local industry but the way to do it properly and [...]
The President of the Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, will attend the first Saudi-Africa Summit that will take place on November 10, State House said on Wednesday. According to State House, Ramkalawan will attend the summit at the invitation of the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdul Aziz. Seychelles and Saudi Arabia have enjoyed diplomatic and fraternal relations [...]
Last month was the hottest October on record globally, Europe's climate monitor said Wednesday, as months of exceptional heat likely to make 2023 the warmest year in history. With temperatures soaring beyond previous averages by exceptional margins, scientists say the pressure on world leaders to curb planet-heating greenhouse gas pollution has never been more urgent [...]
G7 foreign ministers said Wednesday that they supported "humanitarian pauses and corridors" in the Hamas-Israel war but refrained from calling for a ceasefire. The group also said after talks in Japan that their support for Ukraine in its war with Russia "will never waver" while calling on China not to support Moscow in the conflict. [...]
The two leaders in the Seychelles National Assembly on Wednesday responded to the 2024 budget presented by the Minister of Finance, Naadir Hassan, to the parliamentarians last week. Hassan is seeking the approval of the National Assembly for a proposed budget of SCR10.6 billion ($731 million) for 2024, an increase of 1 percent on the [...]
The price of buying a new hybrid car in Seychelles will be reduced next year following tax changes announced by the government for 2024. The changes for the excise tax and the application of an environmental levy were announced during the 2024 budget address made by finance minister Naadir Hassan on November 3, with the [...]
A regional United Nations envoy expressed concern Monday that fighting between the forces of two generals vying for power in Sudan is drawing closer to the country's border with South Sudan and the disputed Abyei region. The conflict that erupted in April between troops loyal to Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid [...]
