Civil society in Seychelles is being invited to propose projects that will help strengthen coastal resilience in the South-West Indian Ocean. An expert from the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), Adele De Toma, told SNA on Wednesday that the call for proposals is being made through the Resilience Of Indian Ocean Coastal Zones (RECOS) project. [...]
The Aldabra Atoll was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in December 1982. The atoll is part of the outer islands of Seychelles and is one of the two heritage sites managed by the Seychelles Island Foundation (SIF). The other World Heritage Site is the Vallee de Mai on the second most populated island of Praslin, [...]
Along its Atlantic coast, Benin's government has spent millions of dollars to protect coastal communities from sea erosion. But Doris Alapini can only watch as waves tirelessly eat away at her land and the large seaside restaurant she built. The ocean is slowly winning the battle. "The sea is advancing a lot. We have to [...]
Seychelles signed the Samoa Agreement, which is a framework for the relations between the European Union (EU) and the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS), on Wednesday, said the Department of Foreign Affairs. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde, signed the agreement after attending the Special Session of the Council [...]
Ten out of 12 opposition candidates in Madagascar on Tuesday called on voters to shun a presidential election scheduled for Thursday, amid concerns about the vote's regularity. For weeks, the Indian Ocean island nation has been shaken by a fierce battle between President Andry Rajoelina, who is running for re-election, and most opposition leaders, who [...]
Businesses in Seychelles are being urged to register their beneficial ownership information with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in a three-day event at the conference room of the National Museum of History at the ex-Supreme Court in the capital of Victoria. At the event, the FIU has set up temporarily at the Museum to allow [...]
The Indian Ocean region is moving closer to a harmonised and integrated approach to collecting data for the fisheries sector. This is being prepared through the meeting of a group of ECOFish National programme managers and observers at the Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay until Wednesday. The representatives are from countries with fishing operations in the region [...]
Former UK leader David Cameron sensationally returned to the British government as foreign secretary on Monday, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shook up his top team before an expected general election next year. Cameron's comeback from the political wilderness came as Sunak sacked right-wing firebrand Suella Braverman as interior minister to try to assert his [...]
Liberians began voting on Tuesday to decide whether to hand former football star George Weah a second term as president despite a controversial record, or to elect political veteran Joseph Boakai despite his age. The run-off is expected to be close between the rivals, who also faced off in 2017 when Weah won in the [...]
The Cybercrime Unit of the Seychelles Police Force is now better equipped to to deal with cyber offences after receiving a digital forensic laboratory from the Chinese government. The equipment was handed over to the Commissioner of Police, Ted Barbe, by the Chinese chargé d'affaires, Mu Jianfeng, on Monday. The laboratory is a grant [...]
