Seychelles has lost its oldest citizen, Margaret Woodfield Pouponneau, aged 111, who passed away on Wednesday morning. Pouponneau died at the Seychelles Hospital, where she was admitted the day before. Pouponneau became the oldest centenarian in 2021 at the age of 109, after the death of Nancy Marie at 112 years old in May of that [...]
Seychelles has lost its oldest citizen, Margaret Woodfield Pouponneau, aged 111, who passed away on Wednesday morning. Pouponneau died at the Seychelles Hospital, where she was admitted the day before. Pouponneau became the oldest centenarian in 2021 at the age of 109, after the death of Nancy Marie at 112 years old in May of that [...]
The Gaza Strip has lived through 16 years of de-development, the United Nations said Wednesday, adding that the economic consequences of the Israel-Hamas war were "impossible to determine". "Gaza has experienced 16 years of de-development and suppressed human potential and the right to development," the UN's UNCTAD trade and development agency said in an annual [...]
More than six decades after Gitu Wa Kahengeri was jailed, tortured and denied food in a British-run labour camp in Kenya, the anti-colonial fighter says he is still waiting for justice. Now in his nineties, Gitu has ramped up his push for an apology and compensation from the British government ahead of a visit by [...]
The Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label (SSTL) has been rebranded as "Sustainable Seychelles" as a “commitment to preserve what makes Seychelles extraordinary,” according to the island nation’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism. Sylvestre Radegonde made the announcement at the official rebranding of the initiative at the Wildflour Cafe in the Botanical Gardens on the main [...]
The Seychelles endemic sheath-tailed bat, a species listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List, has been spotted in four new locations in the country by a non-profit organisation. The sheath-tailed bat, commonly known by locals as "sousouri bannann" and known as the world's rarest bat, can be distinguished [...]
With the aim to improve Seychelles' ease of doing business global ranking, government officials met on Tuesday in a forum to discuss necessary measures. Present at the meeting at the STC Conference room were the various governmental organisations and departments that have a role to play in the ease of doing business in Seychelles. The Minister for [...]
With the aim to improve Seychelles' ease of doing business global ranking, government officials met on Tuesday in a forum to discuss necessary measures. Present at the meeting at the STC Conference room were the various governmental organisations and departments that have a role to play in the ease of doing business in Seychelles. The Minister for [...]
Seychelles and the United Nations on Tuesday signed a UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), which sets out the strategy and overall programme of support of the organisation with the island nation between 2024 to 2028. The document was signed in a ceremony at L'Escale Resort and Marina by the Seychelles Minister for Foreign [...]
The world is "failing" on a pledge to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030, with global losses increasing last year, a group of NGOs and researchers warned Tuesday. In 2021, leaders from over 100 countries and territories -- representing the vast majority of the world's forests -- pledged to stop and reverse forest loss by [...]
