A group of youth from Seychelles will be the first in the Indian Ocean region to participate in a Climate Show aimed at reaching out to young people and engaging them in a process of active awareness and resilience. The show will take place from March 18 to 20 March at the NSC Hall on the Seychelles' main [...]
Ukrainian bombardments killed two people and set an oil facility ablaze in Russia on Saturday, the second day of showpiece elections guaranteed to cement President Vladimir Putin's hardline rule. Presidential polls opened this week but voting has been marred by an uptick in fatal Ukrainian aerial attacks and a series of incursions into Russian territory [...]
The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, had a private audience with Pope Francis on Saturday as part of his official visit to the Vatican.The historical relationship between Seychelles and the Holy See dates back to the founding of the Apostolic Prefecture of Seychelles in 1852, a precursor to the Diocese of Port Victoria.According to State House, [...]
Laboratory personnel at the Seychelles Bureau of Standards (SBS) and the Seychelles Public Health Laboratory (SPHL) underwent a two-week capacity-building session with a French expert in laboratory and food safety. The training is part of a technical assistance aimed at strengthening the capacities of Seychelles' laboratories working on official control for food safety under the [...]
Seychelles' national beach soccer team left the country on Friday and will face Saudi Arabia, Malawi and host South Africa in Group A of the 2023 COSAFA Beach Soccer Championships. Eight teams are participating in the tournament and Group B features Morocco, Mozambique, Tanzania and Angola for championships that will place from March 17 to [...]
Seychelles' former President James Michel testified before the Supreme Court on Friday via video link in the illegal possession of firearms case involving prominent businessman Mukesh Valabjhi and his wife, lawyer Laura Valabjhi - an hour later than planned due to internet connectivity reasons. He said in his testimony held in front of presiding judge [...]
The foundation stones for building a new maximum security prison at Bon Espoir in Seychelles for high-risk prisoners were laid in a ceremony on Friday. Construction work is expected to begin in around three weeks. The construction of the facility is being funded by the Seychelles' government at SCR8.7 million ($645,000) for the first phase. [...]
In Antarctica, a scientist waits patiently for two frolicking humpback whales to poke their tails out of the icy waters so she can take a photographic "fingerprint" of the unique colors and patterns that allow researchers to identify individuals of the species. Andrea Bonilla, a Colombian scientist at Cornell University in the United States, has [...]
Russia began voting on Friday in an election set to prolong President Vladimir Putin's rule by six more years, as Kyiv branded the vote a "farce" and launched a barrage of deadly attacks on border regions. Officials in Moscow warned against any protests during the March 15-17 presidential vote, after calls from the opposition for [...]
The regional director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Lydia Zigomo, is on a first mission in Seychelles to get a first-hand appraisal of ongoing UNFPA activities in the island nation. During her visit, Zigomo was the guest of honour at a High-Level Forum on Thursday marking International Women's Day, which was celebrated on March 8, [...]
