Several local entities are attending a four-day workshop to develop comprehensive witness protection guidelines consistent with national laws, regional and international legal frameworks, and best practices. The workshop opened in a short ceremony on Tuesday at the Regional Coordination Operations Centre (RCOC) at Bois De Rose Avenue. It is organised by the United Nations Office [...]
Nigeria's president headed to France on Monday dogged by a row over jet planes impounded by a French court in a dispute pitting Abuja against a Chinese company. An airport source told AFP that Bola Ahmed Tinubu was flying on the presidential Airbus A330 -- which until a few days ago was impounded by a [...]
Chinese and Philippine vessels "collided" Monday during a confrontation near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, Beijing's state media said, citing the Chinese coast guard. "Despite multiple warnings from the Chinese side, the Philippine vessel 4410 deliberately collided with China's 21551 vessel," state broadcaster CCTV said, citing China Coast Guard spokesperson Geng Yu. [...]
The President of the Court of Appeal of Seychelles declared on Monday that one of the decisions taken by the court is that foreigners who plead guilty to importing large quantities of hard drugs into the country, get light sentences and then if they appeal, will have their sentences enhanced. Justice Anthony Fernando made the [...]
Climate-smart farming education in Seychelles has received a long-awaited and overdue boost with the installation of the first hydroponic smart-farming system at the Seychelles Institute of Agriculture and Horticulture (SIAH). The new infrastructure will serve as a practical demonstration site for climate-smart agriculture for learners at the institute and will facilitate educational workshops for other [...]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to meet Monday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders to try to unblock the process for a ceasefire in Gaza, even as the premier and Hamas traded blame for delays in reaching a truce accord. After arriving in Tel Aviv Sunday on his ninth [...]
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday accused Ethiopia of not accepting his country as a sovereign state. And he renewed his attack on Addis Ababa's agreement with a breakaway Somali region. "Ethiopia refuses to recognise Somalia as a sovereign neighbouring country," Somalia president said Saturday during an address to the nation. "Until it recognises [...]
French film legend Alain Delon, a divisive star known to some as a sex symbol and to others as an egotistical chauvinist, has died aged 88, his children announced Sunday. The actor, known for his roles in classics "Purple Noon" (1960) and "Le Samourai" (1967), died in the early hours of the morning, his son [...]
Nature Seychelles is recruiting volunteers for the hawksbill turtle nesting season, which will start October 2024 and end in April 2025 on the Cousin Island Special Reserve. The chief executive of Nature Seychelles, Dr Nirmal Jivan Shah, described Cousin Island as one of the most important nesting sites for hawksbill turtles in the western Indian Ocean. "We need a number [...]
Gaza has recorded its first polio case in 25 years, the Palestinian health ministry said on Friday, after UN chief Antonio Guterres called for pauses in the Israel-Hamas war to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children. Tests in Jordan confirmed the disease in an unvaccinated 10-month-old from the central Gaza Strip, the health ministry in [...]
