The Human Rights Unit of the Commonwealth said that the Elderly and Disabled Division is doing a fantastic job in relation to persons living with disabilities in Seychelles. The statement was made on Friday by the head of the Human Rights Unit, Shavana Haythornthwaite, in a press conference after a one-week working visit. During the [...]
A group of entrepreneurs from various sectors in Seychelles had the chance to exchange ideas and network with their counterparts from Reunion, an overseas French department, in a meeting at the Alliance Française in Victoria on Thursday. The meeting was part of the Africa-France entrepreneurship community programme launched by French President Emmanuel Macron earlier this year [...]
Seychelles and The Gambia officially established diplomatic relations on Thursday by signing a joint communiqué, the Foreign Affairs Department said on Thursday. The joint communiqué was signed in Addis Ababa by Ambassador Jainaba Jagne from The Gambia and Ambassador Conrad Mederic from Seychelles, who are both accredited to Ethiopia. The two Ambassadors recognised the signing as "a historic [...]
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina urged people to vote on Thursday in a highly contested presidential election in which he is seeking a new term, and slammed an opposition call to boycott the polls. Rajoelina is one of 13 candidates on the ballot but 10 of the others have called on voters to shun the elections, [...]
US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that China has "real problems," speaking at a fundraiser in San Francisco on the eve of an eagerly awaited meeting in the US city between himself and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. The leaders of the world's two largest economies will huddle on the sidelines of the APEC summit [...]
Establishing improved networks in the region and harmonised treatments to better tackle the HIV/Aids epidemic in the Indian Ocean region are among the resolutions taken at the 19th Indian Ocean Colloquium held in Seychelles. The three-day Colloquium on HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and addictology, under the theme "HIV at the heart of integrated, accessible care," ended on Wednesday. [...]
Civil society in Seychelles is being invited to propose projects that will help strengthen coastal resilience in the South-West Indian Ocean. An expert from the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), Adele De Toma, told SNA on Wednesday that the call for proposals is being made through the Resilience Of Indian Ocean Coastal Zones (RECOS) project. [...]
The Aldabra Atoll was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in December 1982. The atoll is part of the outer islands of Seychelles and is one of the two heritage sites managed by the Seychelles Island Foundation (SIF). The other World Heritage Site is the Vallee de Mai on the second most populated island of Praslin, [...]
Along its Atlantic coast, Benin's government has spent millions of dollars to protect coastal communities from sea erosion. But Doris Alapini can only watch as waves tirelessly eat away at her land and the large seaside restaurant she built. The ocean is slowly winning the battle. "The sea is advancing a lot. We have to [...]
Seychelles signed the Samoa Agreement, which is a framework for the relations between the European Union (EU) and the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS), on Wednesday, said the Department of Foreign Affairs. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde, signed the agreement after attending the Special Session of the Council [...]
