A group of 20 people are now officially licensed to carry out civil marriage ceremonies in Seychelles for both locals and foreigners. The 20 civil wedding celebrants were presented with their certificates and sworn oaths in a special ceremony on Thursday at the National History Museum. This follows the approval of the Cabinet of [...]
The Seychelles' tourism environmental sustainability levy will be effective as of August 1 with a three-tiered approach, said Vice President Ahmed Afif on Thursday. The levy was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers in its meeting on Wednesday. Afif told reporters that "The government decided after several discussions with all parties to put the levy [...]
Around 18 million doses of the first malaria vaccine will be delivered to 12 African countries by 2025, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the Vaccine Alliance said Wednesday. "Malaria remains one of Africa’s deadliest diseases, killing nearly half a million children under the age of five every year," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told [...]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised Wednesday at a Caribbean summit that the United States was committed to restoring security in Haiti, which has been wracked in overlapping crises of violence and poverty. "The United States shares the commitment felt throughout the region to help the Haitian people shape their future to restore the country's [...]
The European Union (EU) and Seychelles have strong, longstanding diplomatic relations, especially as Seychelles has close historical ties to the EU member state France, given the island nation was first a French colony in the 1700s and its cultural and linguistic roots form part of the Creole nation today, which also has African, Chinese and Indian [...]
Seychelles' female weightlifter Ruby Malvina has tested positive for a banned substance, a top weightlifting official said on Wednesday. The chairman of the Seychelles Weightlifting Federation (SWF), Robert Rose, told reporters that "We can confirm that Ruby Malvina has tested positive for a banned substance. It was the International Testing Agency (ITA), who sent a [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron met with hundreds of French officials on Tuesday to begin exploring the "deeper reasons" for the country's plunge into riots after a police officer killed a teenager at a traffic stop. The meeting at the Elysee palace in Paris with more than 300 mayors, whose municipalities suffered damage over a week [...]
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog met with Fukushima residents and representatives Wednesday, seeking to reassure them about the planned release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant. The planned, decades-long discharge of accumulated water from the devastated nuclear facility has been approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as meeting global [...]
The development of the Beau Vallon promenade on the main Seychelles island of Mahe is due to start in September after the Regatta weekend and the expression of interest will be announced soon. The Minister for Investment, Entrepreneurship and Industry, Devika Vidot, accompanied by the chief executive of the Enterprise Seychelles Agency (ESA), Lisa Lautoy, [...]
Senegal's President Macky Sall on Monday ended months of tense uncertainty by saying he would not seek a third term next year, clearing the way for open elections in the West African nation, long considered a bastion of democracy in a troubled region. Sall had until now remained coy about his ambitions, stoking tensions over [...]
