The wetlands area at Domaine Val de Pres in the eastern Mahe district of Au Cap will be transformed into an educational living laboratory and viewpoint as of April 2025. This will be done by the Seychelles National Heritage Resource Council (SNHRC), which received a $50,000 grant from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to continue [...]
Keir Starmer set to work as Britain's new leader Friday, speaking with world leaders and appointing his ministerial team after his Labour party's landslide general election victory ended 14 years of Conservative rule. Starmer named Rachel Reeves the UK's first woman finance minister and appointed David Lammy as foreign secretary following his election win to [...]
It has been an exciting few years for women's football in Seychelles with several historic moments taking place including the team making it into the FIFA World Rankings and winning a first international match. The year 2024 saw the women's game in Seychelles take a further step forward, with several women now playing professionally abroad. The [...]
The Chinese Navy hospital ship Peace Ark arrived in Seychelles on Friday and berthed at the IPHS Quay at Ile du Port. The hospital vessel expects to welcome the public on board during the next few days for free consultations and treatments. Peace Ark also came to Seychelles in 2010. The hospital ship's was welcomed upon arrival [...]
The European Union and the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) have signed an agreement that will see the implementation of the Safe Seas Africa (SSA) programme to enforce maritime security in Africa. The signing ceremony took place in Mauritius on Thursday afternoon and representatives from other IOC countries joined virtually. In Seychelles this was done at [...]
The Arab Bank of Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) board members met in Seychelles on Thursday, as the bank celebrates its 50th anniversary, to discuss new projects and technical assistance for implementation. In his address at the meeting, Seychelles' Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Trade, Naadir Hassan, said the formal gathering is a powerful affirmation [...]
Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate as a wildfire rages out of control in northern California, with a swathe of the United States in the grip of a "record-breaking and dangerous" heatwave that was complicating firefighting efforts. More than 3,500 acres (1,400 hectares) of grass and woodland have been consumed since Tuesday when [...]
South Africa's new unity government under President Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in on Wednesday, the first of its kind in the country after 30 years of rule by the ANC. Ahead of the 32 ministers -- from six parties -- making up the cabinet, Paul Mashatile, who has been re-appointed deputy president, was the first [...]
A delegation of high-level officials from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) paid a courtesy call on Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House on Thursday. Speaking to the media following discussions with the President, the chairman of BADEA's board of directors, Dr Fahad Aldossari , said this visit is meant [...]
The Sustainable Seychelles Certification programme will soon be extended to tour operators and restaurants, a top tourism official said on Wednesday. As part of the implementation process, the Tourism Department met with the representatives of tour operators and restaurants to explain the programme and the necessary criteria. The Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label (SSTL) was established in 2012 and [...]