The Disaster and Risk Management Division (DRMD) in Seychelles has confirmed that there has been an incident of an unknown substance in gaseous form affecting people in contact with it at the Anse Etoile Primary School today. DRMD said in a press statement on Friday that as of 4 pm, 16 children and three adults [...]
South Africa's electoral commission said Friday that it had appealed to the country's highest court to rule on whether ex-president Jacob Zuma can stand in a general election in May. The commission said in a statement that it had lodged an "urgent and direct" appeal to the Constitutional Court to provide "certainty". It is the [...]
A senior official of the Seychelles' agricultural department has revealed that although a large number of leaf beetles that are feeding on golden apple trees reported on the Seychelles' main island of Mahe, none have been found on the other Inner and Outer islands. Roy Govinden, senior agricultural research officer and a member of the [...]
Kelly-Mary Anette, a young Seychellois fitness trainer, aims to get closer to her clients, and people dreaming of a healthier lifestyle can access all her services through her fitness app. Aside from the fitness app, Anette also holds numerous classes, which is what she has been doing lately. On Saturday, April 13, she will hold a Fun [...]
Millions displaced and on the brink of famine. Sexual and ethnic violence. Infrastructure destroyed. Aid workers say a year of war between rival generals in Sudan has led to catastrophe, but the world has turned away. The northeast African country is experiencing "one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory" and "the largest internal [...]
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Victoria has received a donation of €35,000 from the Order of Malta to launch a new drug rehabilitation programme in Seychelles called the Farm of Hope in the western Mahe district of Port Glaud. Bishop Alain Harel received the cheque from the Ambassador of the Order of Malta to Seychelles, Alexandra Azaïs, on [...]
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan and the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Mark Brown, held discussions on establishing diplomatic relations on the margins of the 2024 United Nations Ocean Decade Conference taking place in Barcelona, Spain. State House said in a communique on Thursday that during discussions between the two heads of state, Ramkalawan reciprocated Seychelles' [...]
The effects of El Nino may have impacted the amount of yellowfin tuna caught during 2023 and last year in Seychelles, according to the country's minister for fisheries. Seychelles had a total quota of 33,200 tonnes for this species of tuna, which is subject to a strict quota system monitored by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission [...]
The EU parliament on Wednesday adopted a sweeping reform of Europe's asylum policies that will both harden border procedures and force all the bloc's 27 nations to share responsibility. The parliament's main political groups overcame opposition from far-right and far-left parties to pass the new migration and asylum pact -- enshrining a difficult overhaul nearly [...]
Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz said Wednesday that "Hamas is defeated" as fighting raged on in the Gaza Strip and negotiations towards a truce seemed to falter. Gantz, a former army chief and defence minister, warned of a long war, saying Israeli forces would have to fight in Hamas-ruled Gaza for years to come. [...]
