The Seychelles Meteorological Authority (SMA) has revealed its new strategic plan in which key performance indicators can now be monitored in a half day workshop on Friday. The event was organised to coincide with World Meteorological Day, which is celebrated on March 23. Keeping with the chosen theme for this year's World Meteorological Day, "On the front [...]
The Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF) and the United States Coast Guard have completed a second bilateral operation within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the island nation under an agreement signed between the two countries in July 2021. This year is the second such operation conducted since the signing of the agreement on countering illicit transnational [...]
The Seychelles Supreme Court has sentenced a 50-year-old Tanzanian national to 12 years in prison for the importation of a controlled drug, the Seychelles Police said on Thursday. According to the police, Shabani Kizamba Shabani was arrested on September 26 in 2022 upon his arrival in Seychelles on a Qatar Airways flight by police and airport [...]
After nearly a year of war, Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, the United Nations warned Wednesday, slamming the international community for its lack of action. Fighting between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has since April killed tens of thousands and led [...]
The United States, which has repeatedly blocked calls for a truce in Gaza, will submit a draft resolution urging "an immediate ceasefire" linked to the release of the hostages held by Hamas, the US representative said Thursday. The US resolution, which will be put to vote on Friday, "will unequivocally support ongoing diplomatic efforts aimed [...]
Thirty Seychellois dancers will take centre stage in the Artistic Dance Grand Prix Moscow from March 23 to 25, the Seychelles National Institute for Culture, Heritage and the Arts (SNICHA) said in a press statement on Thursday. The dancers are from the School of Dance, Emergency Crew, Diamonds, and the Artistic Dance Factory, and will [...]
The Seychelles Solid Waste Management Project (SWMP) is in the preparation phase as the government awaits final approval of a $5 million loan from the World Bank within the second half of the year. The project, which aims to promote sustainable solid waste management and circularity in Seychelles, will be implemented by the Landscape and Waste Management [...]
Ladias Konje's maize field in northeastern Zimbabwe is normally green at this time of the year, but it is already parched yellow. The drought from the El Nino weather pattern has withered leaves, wilted cobs and raised the spectre of hunger for the 38-year-old and millions of others. "On a good year we would be [...]
The population of almost every country will be shrinking by the end of the century, a major study said Wednesday, warning that baby booms in developing nations and busts in rich ones will drive massive social change. The fertility rate in half of all nations is already too low to maintain their population size, an [...]
A census to determine the general status of the Seychelles endemic terrapins is being discussed by the Biodiversity and Conservation Unit in the environment ministry. Ashley Pothin, a conservation officer from the unit, said that 16 years have passed since the last one was done and the current state of the population is unknown. "I [...]
