China set on Tuesday a growth target of around five percent for 2024, an ambitious objective that the leaders of the world's second-largest economy admitted would be a challenge to meet. Premier Li Qiang formally announced the growth goal, alongside the overall budget and key government policies for 2024, as China's annual National People's Congress [...]
Donald Trump tightened his grip on the Republican presidential nomination with big wins in the "Super Tuesday" primaries, setting up an all-but-certain rematch with President Joe Biden in November. Fifteen states -- including California and Texas -- were staging nominating contests on the biggest day of the 2024 race so far, with both candidates coveting [...]
A top United Arab Emirates (UAE) official visited Seychelles to further cement an agreement with the island nation to modernise its civil service. Seychelles and the UAE signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to modernise and transform the island nation's public service in Dubai on March 29 on the sidelines of the World Government Summit 2022. [...]
Seychelles' Vice President Ahmed Afif has reaffirmed the country's non-aligned position when answering a private notice question in the National Assembly on Tuesday. The question was brought forth by the Leader of the Opposition, Sebastien Pillay, asking who took the decision for Seychelles to form part of US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian in the Red Sea [...]
Team Seychelles received its sending-off for the upcoming African Games from March 8 to 23, in a ceremony on Monday at the Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay resort. The ceremony was low-key since many athletes were in overseas competitions or training. Those present received encouragement from the Minister for Youth, Sports and Family, Marie-Celine Zialor. "We [...]
The Gaza war between Israel and Hamas is a "powder keg" with the potential to spark broader conflict in the Middle East, UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Monday. Turk said it was imperative to to take all possible measures to avoid a wider conflagration. "The war in Gaza has already generated dangerous spillover [...]
Haiti's capital was largely shut down Monday with residents only venturing out for essentials, AFP reporters witnessed, as authorities imposed a state of emergency after an attack on a prison freed thousands of inmates. As the latest crisis spiraled, Prime Minister Ariel Henry was still out of the country after a trip to Kenya to [...]
Seychelles' tourism authorities are looking into the possibility of lifting the existing moratorium on building new tourism establishments on La Digue Island, the third most populated of the island nation, said a top tourism official. Following a recent meeting with the island's inhabitants, the principal secretary for tourism, Sherin Francis, said that the authorities were [...]
Investors who have successfully bid for the first phase of the Victoria Waterfront project, will soon be awarded their lots and can start the process for the development of the area, said a top official on Friday. The announcement was made by the chief executive of the Seychelles Investment Board (SIB), Anne Rosette, in a [...]
Mauritius inaugurated on Thursday an Indian-financed air strip and jetty on the island of Agalega, but denied the remote islet would be used for military purposes. An investigation by news broadcaster Al Jazeera in 2021 said India was building a secret naval base on Agalega, much to the chagrin of its approximately 300 inhabitants. "There [...]
