A land registration project on Seychelles' islands of Praslin and La Digue is expected to start in June, a top government official said on Wednesday. The land registration project is a technical process involving the systematic identification, surveying and confirmation of boundaries, procedures of possession, ownership, and any other rights of land that are formally [...]
The United Nations warned Wednesday of a growing likelihood the weather phenomenon El Nino will develop in coming months, fuelling higher global temperatures and possibly new heat records. The UN's World Meteorological Organization said it now estimated there was a 60-percent chance that El Nino would develop by the end of July, and an 80-percent [...]
In Anjouan, part of the Comoros archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, the distant French island of Mayotte casts a dangerous charm. Boasting schools, hospitals, roads and a social safety net, Mayotte is an eldorado that every year thousands of impoverished Comorans risk their lives trying to reach. Domoni, the second largest town in Anjouan, [...]
A census has been planned to identify the number of Aldabra giant tortoises in captivity to allow relevant authorities to better understand the reptiles' population on the inner islands of Seychelles. This will allow for better protection and conservation of the species. The census was initiated through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) [...]
A Kenyan pastor who appeared in court Tuesday will face terrorism charges over the deaths of more than 100 people found buried in what has been dubbed the "Shakahola forest massacre," prosecutors said. The deeply religious Christian-majority country has been stunned by the discovery of mass graves last month in a forest near the Indian [...]
Students from secondary and post-secondary schools in Seychelles were able to learn more about all the work done up until tuna cans are put on the market during visits to the Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) factory on Tuesday. The visits, which coincided with World Tuna Day, to one of the world"s largest tuna canneries, which [...]
Four international experts are evaluating and will advise the transport ministry on the best ways to implement electric mobility in Seychelles, the ministry said on Sunday. The implementation of a two-year electric mobility project in Seychelles was launched in November 2022 and is expected to take four years to complete. It is being implemented with [...]
Protesters clashed with security forces across France on Monday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for Labour Day to vent their anger against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform. Unions had been hoping for a vast turnout nationwide to further rattle Macron, who has been greeted by pot-bashing and jeers as he [...]
France's President Emmanuel Macron faces more nationwide protests on Monday as he seeks to steer the country on from a divisive pension law that has sparked anger, pan-bashing and social unrest. Last month he signed a law to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, despite months of strikes against the bill. He and [...]
The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, and First Lady Linda Ramkalawan, have been invited to the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, according to a press released from State House on Saturday. The two ceremonies will be held at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday, May 6. “During his mission in the UK, the [...]
