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Seychelles' judges meet with President Ramkalawan to discuss future plans and challenges

Member of the Judiciary of Seychelles shared their plans and challenges with President Wavel Ramkalawan in a meeting at State House on Tuesday. The meeting came about after the members of the judiciary, which included judges from the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, and the Magistrates' Court, decided in one of their monthly meetings that [...]

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Data protection bill presented to Seychelles National Assembly for approval

To protect the personal information of Seychellois citizens, a Data Protection bill is before the National Assembly for approval after being presented on Monday by Vice President Ahmed Afif. Afif said, "Article 20 of our Constitution makes provision for the right to privacy this shows the importance of protecting our personal information.  However, our Constitution [...]

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Guinea-Bissau dissolves parliament after coup bid

The president of Guinea-Bissau dissolved parliament on Monday ahead of fresh elections, saying an "attempted coup" had plunged the West African nation into a new crisis. President Umaro Sissoco Embalo issued a decree closing down the opposition-dominated parliament and announced that a date for legislative elections would be "set at the opportune moment, in line [...]

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In flooded south, Ukraine builds landmark ecocide case against Russia

Stood in the cold air of a southern Ukrainian village, dozens of investigators were digging into the ground, collecting dirt, taking photos and planting small red flags in the soil. Watching over the proceedings was Vladislav Ignatenko, a Ukrainian prosecutor conducting a world-first war crimes investigation into allegations of Russian ecocide. The case, which Kyiv [...]

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COP28: Seychelles launches first discussions on impact of climate change on health

Seychelles launched the first discussions on the impact of climate change on health at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai and revealed how it has been affected as a small island developing state (SIDS). The discussions were launched by the Minister for Health, Peggy Vidot, on Saturday. Vidot talked about the "deep sense of urgency [...]

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1.2 tonnes of drug seized in Seychelles destroyed

Seychelles' authorities have destroyed 1.2 tonnes of illicit drugs, seized in Seychelles over a period of one year and a half, on Monday, making it the largest amount ever to be destroyed in the island nation.   The drugs were burnt in an incinerator in the capital of Victoria, in the presence of the Chief [...]

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Ugandan woman, 70, gives birth to twins: doctor

A Ugandan woman aged 70 has given birth to twins, her doctor said Thursday, in what the mother hailed as a miracle. Safina Namukwaya described her joy at the arrival of the twins who were born on Wednesday at a medical facility in the capital Kampala, where she had received fertility treatment. "This is extraordinary [...]

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COP28: Seychelles shares advice in seagrass protection at "Blue Carbon Ecosystems for People, Nature and Climate" event

Ninety-nine percent of the Seychelles' seagrass is found in protected areas and this puts the island nation five years in advance in reaching its target of 100 percent protection by 2030, said Flavien Joubert, the Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment. Joubert was speaking at the Seychelles Pavilion at the United Nations 28th Conference of the [...]

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Israel bombs Gaza as pressure mounts to protect civilians

Israel struck Gaza targets Sunday in its war on Hamas sparked by the October 7 attacks as international concern mounted over the spiralling civilian death toll on the third day of fighting after a truce ended. More than 15,200 people have been killed in the besieged Palestinian territory, according to Hamas, in more than eight [...]

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Seychelles' President pleads for change in concessionary climate financing to allow access for SIDS

President Wavel Ramkalawan has pleaded for all multilateral and international financial organisations under the control of the West to change their financing mechanisms to allow all small island developing states (SIDS) like Seychelles to have access to concessionary funding for climate action.   According to a press statement from State House on Sunday, Ramkalawan made the plea in his [...]

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