Seychelles has a low risk for non-profit organisations (NPOs) to be used to finance terrorist activities according to a national risk assessment report shows. This was outlined in a validation workshop of the first draft of the inherent risk report on Wednesday at the Eden Bleu hotel. Non-profit organisations are groups set up for a particular purpose and the funds [...]
A trove of highly sensitive US government documents circulating online includes secret assessments of the Ukraine conflict as well as reports that point to surveillance of close American allies. The Pentagon says the breach poses a "very serious risk to national security," and the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the matter. US [...]
Seychelles sprinter Sharry Dodin is a man on a mission. From a country where athletics faces an uphill battle with football in the popularity stakes, Dodin is in a race against time to boost his speed in a bid to qualify for the World Championships in Budapest in August and the 2024 Olympics in Paris. [...]
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday began a nostalgia-filled tour of the Republic of Ireland, jetting in from Northern Ireland where he pushed for an end to crippling political paralysis in the British province. Biden emerged from Air Force One at Dublin airport to driving wind and rain, and was greeted by the Irish Taoiseach [...]
Seychelles has been upgraded on another five recommendations set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) showing further progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing. According to a press release from the Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trade on Wednesday, the upgrade came after a delegation attended the 45th meeting of the [...]
A new Chinese medical team will replace the one currently working in Seychelles since 1985 in the coming weeks, said a Chinese diplomat on Tuesday. The rotation will coincide with the 60th anniversary of China dispatching its first medical aid team abroad. As a South-South cooperation project, China began to send a medical team to [...]
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan has received a formal invitation from the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for the 28th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC ) at Expo City, Dubai, in November. According to a press statement from [...]
The International Monetary Fund slightly lowered its outlook for the global economy on Tuesday, while predicting that most countries will avoid a recession this year despite economic and geopolitical concerns. The IMF predicted the global economy will grow by 2.8 percent this year and three percent in 2024, a decline of 0.1 percentage point from [...]
Plans for creating an aquaculture sector in Seychelles, a 115-island archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, started in 2007 with the creation of a Mariculture Master Plan (MMP). Since then, the government made a decision to develop the plan in 2011 as part of its push to diversify its economy and help reduce pressure on the [...]
Discussions have started on a proposed flexible work arrangement in Seychelles between the Ministry of Employment and all relevant partners ahead of a study to be undertaken on the subject. The employment minister, Patricia Francourt, outlined during a meeting recently that with the topic of flexible working being of interest nationally "we need all your input so that [...]
