Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan has sent messages of condolence to the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, and French President Emmanuel Macron, following the recent flooding and loss of lives resulting from Cyclone Belal in Mauritius and Reunion Island, according to statements from the Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday. President Ramkalawan said that “We [...]
Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan has sent messages of condolence to the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, and French President Emmanuel Macron, following the recent flooding and loss of lives resulting from Cyclone Belal in Mauritius and Reunion Island, according to statements from the Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday. President Ramkalawan said that “We [...]
A police investigation has begun in Devon in the United Kingdom after the bodies of seven Aldabra giant tortoises were discovered in a forest, according to an article published yesterday in the British newspaper The Guardian. Two of the tortoises were discovered on January 8 and a further five were found nearby on January 12. [...]
Former Agency for Social Protection (ASP) chief executive Marcus Simeon, 42, received an 18-month sentence on January 15 from the Supreme Court of Seychelles, following a case brought by the government. Simeon, suspended from his duties in September 2020, pleaded guilty to embezzling SCR1.6 million ($ 118,816) and unlawfully acquiring public funds from the ASP [...]
The death toll from a devastating storm that hit France's Indian Ocean island of Reunion rose to three Tuesday after the discovery of two more bodies, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. All three people killed by cyclone Belal were homeless people in the Indian Ocean island, Darmanin told the French parliament in Paris. "It is [...]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky courted the global elite at Davos on Tuesday with a mix of dire warnings and notes of hope, as fears grow over the future of Western support against Russia. After addressing the World Economic Forum by video in previous years, Zelensky flew to the Swiss mountain resort as he warned that [...]
The recently formed Seychelles Small Hotels and Establishments Association (SSHEA) says it will work to make its members see the importance of joining it this year, with numerous initiatives to promote small tourism establishments that are popular with tourists. A SSHEA representative and former government minister, Peter Sinon, detailed some of its plans to highlight the challenges faced in the [...]
A recently established Incident Response Team in Seychelles has introduced measures to control the spread of a beetle feeding on golden apples in the country. The beetle, which agricultural officials have preliminary identified as Podontia quatuordecimpunctata, commonly known as leaf beetle, was first seen in the Bel Air area on the main island of Mahe. The Department of [...]
Heavy flooding hit Mauritius on Monday as a tropical cyclone closed in on the Indian Ocean island nation after battering the French overseas territory of Reunion. Images posted on local media showed numerous cars in the capital Port Louis submerged under a brown deluge of floodwater or piled up on the street, as torrential rains [...]
Political tension was running high in the Comoros on Monday, with violent incidents reported one day after the Indian Ocean island nation held a presidential vote. The archipelago is awaiting official results from Sunday's first round election, which is expected to show incumbent leader President Azali Assoumani with a comfortable lead. But supporters of the [...]