A Ugandan woman aged 70 has given birth to twins, her doctor said Thursday, in what the mother hailed as a miracle. Safina Namukwaya described her joy at the arrival of the twins who were born on Wednesday at a medical facility in the capital Kampala, where she had received fertility treatment. "This is extraordinary [...]
Ninety-nine percent of the Seychelles' seagrass is found in protected areas and this puts the island nation five years in advance in reaching its target of 100 percent protection by 2030, said Flavien Joubert, the Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment. Joubert was speaking at the Seychelles Pavilion at the United Nations 28th Conference of the [...]
Israel struck Gaza targets Sunday in its war on Hamas sparked by the October 7 attacks as international concern mounted over the spiralling civilian death toll on the third day of fighting after a truce ended. More than 15,200 people have been killed in the besieged Palestinian territory, according to Hamas, in more than eight [...]
President Wavel Ramkalawan has pleaded for all multilateral and international financial organisations under the control of the West to change their financing mechanisms to allow all small island developing states (SIDS) like Seychelles to have access to concessionary funding for climate action. According to a press statement from State House on Sunday, Ramkalawan made the plea in his [...]
Seychellois life coach Marsha Parcou has become a certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner after she received her certificate following a three-year online training course. Parcou, a life coach in Seychelles for the past three years, was certified on November 17. Neuro-Linguistic Programming is a communication and interpersonal skills training system that empowers people with many different tools [...]
More than 110 nations pledged to triple the world's renewable energy within seven years at UN climate talks Saturday as the United States pushed to slash methane emissions and boost nuclear capacity. With smoggy skies in Dubai highlighting the challenges facing the world, leaders at the COP28 conference threw their support behind voluntary pledges aimed [...]
The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, highlighted the urgency of deliberations in pursuit of a sustainable future at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai Expo City. In his address on Friday at the high-level segment for heads of state and government, Ramkalawan continued his appeal to other world leaders to seize this moment [...]
The caretaker committee appointed by the Seychelles Football Federation (SFF) for the men's national team has completed its two-game mandate and now a permanent head coach is being sought. The caretaker committee, headed by coach Ralph Jean-Louis, was responsible for the two 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Ivory Coast and Kenya. Seychelles [...]
Guinea-Bissau's army said Friday it was holding the leader of the security forces unit involved in overnight clashes in the capital and had the situation under control. Gunfire was heard for part of the night and early on Friday in Bissau, in exchanges between members of the national guard and presidential guard special forces, an [...]
The United Nations said it deeply regretted the resumption of deadly hostilities in the Gaza Strip on Friday following the end of a truce between Israel and Hamas, calling the situation "catastrophic". The UN also said it was troubled by indications that Israel could seek to expand its military offensive inside the Palestinian territory. Fighting [...]
