Seychelles' new Fitch Rating of BB- with positive outlook shows the continuing economic growth of the island nation, said a top official of the Department of Finance on Wednesday. The statement was made by the principal secretary for finance, Astride Tamatave, in a press conference, after the latest Fitch Ratings was released last Friday, upgrading [...]
Tensions surged as Hamas's chief accused Israel on Tuesday of sabotaging talks for a Gaza truce after it raided the devastated Palestinian territory's largest hospital for a second time. Months of war have pushed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the besieged territory to the brink of famine, with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken [...]
Seven million Senegalese are due to head to the polls on Sunday to vote in a wide open presidential election following weeks of chaos and uncertainty. Whoever comes out on top will be tasked with steering the traditionally stable West African nation out of years of turmoil, and managing revenues from recently discovered oil and [...]
More scientific data is to be collected on the sea cucumber species found on the Mascarene Plateau to be able to develop sustainable exploitation, said a top official from Seychelles. The director general for policy and ocean governance, Chrissant Barbe, made the statement in a press interview at the 31st meeting of the Seychelles-Mauritius technical committee [...]
The 10th joint-military exercise called 'LAMITYE', meaning friendship in the Creole language, between the Indian Army and the Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF) started in the island nation on Monday and will end on March 27. Forty-five personnel from Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army led by Major Akshay Prakashrao Potraje are participating alongside 45 participants [...]
Donald Trump faced having assets seized in a humiliating blow to his carefully cultivated image as a self-made tycoon as his lawyers acknowledged Monday he doesn't have the cash to appeal a $464 million fine for fraudulently inflating his wealth. Trump -- the Republican candidate for November's US presidential election -- intends to challenge the [...]
Fourteen bodies were found in an affluent suburb of Haiti's capital Monday, as international efforts accelerated to fill a political vacuum created by weeks of gang violence that has forced the impending departure of the prime minister. Local residents told AFP they did not know the circumstances of the deaths but said that the Laboule [...]
The 114-year-old Carnegie building, in which the Natural History Museum was located, is being restored with its original facade and will be shared by staff of the museum and the Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trade. Located in the centre of the capital Victoria, not far from the Victoria Clock tower, the building was [...]
Seychelles has maintained a credit rating of 'BB-' with a positive outlook from Fitch Ratings with key drivers being relatively high-income levels, strong World Bank Governance Indicators, and a stabilisation of the tourism industry. The Ratings, which came out on Friday, stated that tourist arrivals and tourism earnings increased by 5.7 percent and 5.8 percent respectively in [...]
Seychelles has maintained a credit rating of 'BB-' with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings with key drivers being relatively high-income levels, strong World Bank Governance Indicators, and a stabilisation of the tourism industry. The Ratings, which came out on Friday, stated that tourist arrivals and tourism earnings increased by 5.7 percent and 5.8 percent respectively in [...]
