Ninety-seven percent of businesses at Seychelles' Providence Industrial Estate that were affected by the December 7, 2023, explosion at the Civil Construction Company Limited (CCCL), are now operational. A total of 642 businesses were greatly affected the enormous blast caused by explosives stored by the company, which caused extensive damage to buildings located in and [...]
Seychelles has revised the economic growth forecast for 2024, which was 3.4 percent of the GDP to 3.1 percent, based on the economic development, both domestically and internationally. The Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Trade, Naadir Hassan, made the statement when presenting a Mid-Year Economic Review for 2024. Hassan said the revision follows [...]
The Gavi vaccine alliance announced Wednesday a deal with Danish drugmaker Bavarian Nordic to secure 500,000 jabs against mpox for use in African countries facing an epidemic of the virus. The announcement came after the World Health Organization last week prequalified an mpox vaccine, MVA-BN, for the first time, paving the way for the United [...]
Superstar rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs pleaded not guilty Tuesday to racketeering and sex trafficking charges, and was ordered to remain in custody pending a trial. Combs, 54, was arrested by federal agents in New York on Monday evening and accused in a just-unsealed three-count criminal indictment alleging he sexually abused women and coerced them [...]
New work permit holders in Seychelles will no longer be issued a physical Identification Card (ID) but instead have to use SeyID, the digital platform for virtual national identification as of Tuesday, September 17, said a top government official. The principal secretary for Immigration, Alain Volcere, told reporters that this new development is to improve the efficiency of the [...]
The Seychelles' authorities are to have an African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) strategy draft ready by next month and a workshop with key partners was organised on Monday to gather relevant information. Seychelles ratified the AfCFTA agreement in 2021, which aims to create a single continental market for goods and services, with free movement of business [...]
Air Seychelles made a landmark profit of $7 million for 2023, an achievement the airline said marks not only a successful continuation of its turnaround journey initiated in 2022, but also a strong revival. In a press statement on Tuesday, the airline said it has transformed its net asset position from negative to positive in [...]
The President of Seychelles touched down in Havana on Monday on an official visit at the invitation of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez from September 16 to 20. According to State House, upon his arrival at José Martí International Airport, Wavel Ramkalawan was received by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo. During his [...]
TikTok faced pushback in a federal court on Monday in its efforts to stop a law that requires the app to divest from its Chinese ownership or face a ban in the United States. A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals in Washington heard arguments from TikTok, its owner ByteDance, and a group [...]
Six Chinese movies will be streamed for audiences in Seychelles from September 15 to 20 in the China Film Festival to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of China. The Chinese Ambassador to Seychelles, Lin Nan, revealed the series of activities in a press conference held on Thursday, which is being held in collaboration [...]