Over 331 people were taken to shelters by local authorities following an explosion at the Providence Industrial Estate that damaged their homes on December 7, which does not include people who relocated to stay with friends and family, said a top Seychelles' government official. The principal secretary of Local Government and Community Affairs, Kevin Perine, told [...]
South Africa's president on Wednesday sought to ease "tensions" between rival members of the Zulu royal family after a court ruled that the state's recognition of King Misuzulu Zulu was "unlawful". President Cyril Ramaphosa will appeal Monday's Pretoria high court ruling that his move to recognise Misuzulu Zulu at an elaborate ceremony in October 2022 [...]
The world for the first time on Wednesday approved a call to transition away from fossil fuels as UN negotiations in Dubai tackled the top culprit behind climate change, but at-risk countries said far more action was needed. After 13 days of talks and several sleepless nights in a country built on oil wealth, the [...]
The Seychelles Institute of Technology (SIT) will benefit from the expertise of the Jining Polytechnic in China through a newly signed partnership agreement. The two institutions signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Wednesday in a joint ceremony held at the Ministry of Education and the Jining Polytechnic in China through an online connection. [...]
Seychelles is officially a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council in a significant move towards fostering sustainability and responsibility in its tourism sector, Tourism Seychelles said on Wednesday. According to Tourism Seychelles, the marketing arm of the tourism department, "Seychelles' entry into this network signifies its commitment to learning from the experiences of other nations and [...]
In an effort to provide as much capacity building for professionals who work with marine protected areas (MPAs), the Seychelles Parks and Garden Authority (SPGA) is working with several organisations to provide further training with the participation of islands in the Indian Ocean region. The training, which arised from a collaboration between the SPGA, Réserves [...]
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday faced down rebels in his ruling Conservative party by winning a knife-edge parliamentary vote on his latest plans to send migrants to Rwanda. Sunak, in power for just over a year, has staked his political future on cutting record levels of regular and irregular migration, and the issue [...]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will press Tuesday for more US military aid to battle Russia, which said any funding would be a "fiasco" and claimed its forces were advancing on the front. Zelensky, who is in Washington to plead for continued support, will meet with President Joe Biden at the White House and also with [...]
The Disaster Risk Management Division (DRMD) in Seychelles is remaining on alert in case of further disasters while work at the Providence Industrial Estate after the December 7 explosion has moved to the recovery phase. The statement was made by the chief risk management officer, Daniel Cetoupe, in a press conference on Tuesday afternoon in which [...]
A bill that will give concerned authorities in Seychelles a clear mandate and power to promote the stability of the financial system was approved by the National Assembly on Monday. The Financial Stability Bill was presented by Naadir Hassan, the Minister for Finance, Economic Planning and Trade. In his presentation, Hassan said that such a framework [...]
