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Transparency Initiative Seychelles signs 3 agreements with Mauritian counterpart for collaboration 

Transparency Initiative Seychelles (TIS) has joined forces with Transparency Mauritius to strengthen collaboration and promote transparency, good governance, and integrity in their respective countries. TIS said in a press statement on Monday that this will be done through three newly signed memoranda of understanding (MoU). The MoUs focus on several key areas of cooperation and in the promotion [...]

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Ukraine claims deadly blast on Crimea bridge

Waterborne drones struck the sole bridge connecting Russia to the annexed Crimea peninsula on Monday, in a deadly attack on a vital supply route claimed by Ukraine's security services. The explosion hit the Kerch bridge, a major conduit for Russia's troops in Ukraine, just hours before a crucial deal to export Ukrainian grain was to [...]

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Seychelles Ports' digital system to be fully operational by January 2024

The Seychelles Ports Authority  (SPA) is digitalising its services with the launch of a Management Information System (PVMIS) with the aim to make them more efficient and faster. The project is expected to be fully operational by January 2024 and the final details will be worked on in the coming months. The whole project will [...]

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New Seychelles Hospital Fund launched

Bank accounts for the ‘New Seychelles Hospital’ FundCentral Bank of Seychelles Account Name: New Seychelles Hospital – SCRAccount Number: 14196Account Currency: SCR (Seychelles Rupees)IBAN: SC76SSCB11010000000000014196SCRCentral Bank of SeychellesAccount Name: New Seychelles Hospital - USD Account Number: 14195 Account Currency: USD (United States Dollars)IBAN: SC80SSCB11010000000000014195USDCentral Bank of SeychellesAccount Name: New Seychelles Hospital - EUR Account Number: 14194 [...]

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S.Africa's Zuma in Russia for 'health reasons': spokesman

South Africa's graft-tainted ex-leader Jacob Zuma is receiving medical treatment in Russia, his spokesman said Friday, a day after the country's highest court upheld a ruling that he should return to prison. "Zuma travelled to Russia last week for health reasons," the 81-year-old's spokesman Mzwanele Manyi said in a statement. Manyi added that the trip [...]

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Sudan army returns to talks in Saudi as war enters fourth month

Sudanese army representatives have returned to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia for talks with their paramilitary foes, a government source said Saturday as the war between rival generals entered its fourth month. "A delegation of the armed forces has returned to Jeddah to resume negotiations with Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rebels," the source told AFP on [...]

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"Between the Lines": Seychellois photo and digital art exhibition shows wide range of possibilities

Over a dozen artists in Seychelles have explored the many possibilities that lie in the grey area in a newly opened photography and digital media exhibition being displayed at Kenwyn House in Victoria, the capital. With an even balance between photographers and digital artists, female and male, emerging and established, 17 artists have come together to [...]

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Record heatwaves sweep the world from US to Japan via Europe

Record heat is forecast around the world from the United States, where tens of millions are battling dangerously high temperatures, to Europe and Japan, in the latest example of the threat from global warming. Italy faces weekend predictions of historic highs with the health ministry issuing a red alert for 16 cities including Rome, Bologna [...]

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Nature Seychelles: Success in boutique restoration method of corals for hotels

In a move to improve the outcome of coral restoration undertaken by hotels in Seychelles, Nature Seychelles, a non-profit environmental organisation, has developed a new low-tech method to monitor the survival and growth of coral transplants.  Nature Seychelles undertook the first restoration of a patch of reef with the new method at Petite Anse Kerlan, located [...]

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Jamaican-American centenarian attends renewal of vows of relatives in Seychelles

A Jamaican-American centenarian, Irwin Alexander Kiffin, is currently in Seychelles and attended the renewal of the wedding vows of one of his family members in the island nation on Tuesday. Kiffin, aged 101, left the United States on July 4, travelled to Kenya where he went on several safaris and arrived in Seychelles for the [...]

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