Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said for the first time that he plans to run for a fourth term in elections due to be held next year. "Yes, I am indeed a candidate," Kagame, who has ruled over the country with an iron fist for decades, told Jeune Afrique, a French-language news magazine, in an [...]
The Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) will carry out a new study of the Spiny Lobster in October to assess the species' resources, an official said on Tuesday. The statement was made by Kettyna Gabriel, a fisheries scientist at the SFA in a meeting with lobster fishers at the Seychelles Trading Company conference room. She said [...]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a wartime trip to the United Nations on Tuesday urged the world to stand firm against Russia's "genocide," as he tried to convince skeptical developing nations they share a stake in Kyiv's victory. Taking the rostrum of the UN General Assembly in his trademark military fatigues, Zelensky renewed an invitation [...]
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has commended Seychelles for being a frontline partner to the organisation in numerous spheres and on issues of concern for the UN in a meeting with President Wavel Ramkalawan. According to a press communique from State House on Tuesday, Ramkalawan held discussions with Guterres on Monday morning upon his arrival in New [...]
The Seychelles government has cut back over SCR345.8 million ($25.4 million) from the overall 2023 national budget, despite asking the Seychelles National Assembly for a supplementary budget of over SCR275.5 million ($20.2 million) in its 2023 Mid-Year Budget Review. Vice President Ahmed Afif presented the review to the Seychelles National Assembly on behalf of the [...]
The future climate of Seychelles is expected to be bleak unless major changes are made in order to curb the impacts of climate change, says a top meteorological official. Much of the talk worldwide is on the effects of climate change especially on where many parts of the world are experiencing severe weather events and [...]
Marine heatwaves may last longer and be more intense in deeper water, potentially threatening sensitive species as climate change makes the extreme events more frequent, researchers said on Monday. Oceans have absorbed 90 percent of the excess heat produced by the carbon pollution from human activity since the dawn of the industrial age. Marine heatwaves [...]
Developing countries on Monday urged a shake-up in the global order to help the world's poorest, at a United Nations summit on ambitious anti-poverty promises that remain far off track. Hoping to show a focus on more than the war in Ukraine, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres convened the development summit on the eve of the [...]
UN agencies warned Monday that Libya's flood-stricken city of Derna, where thousands were killed a week ago, faces the threat of disease outbreaks that could bring "a second devastating crisis". The massive flash flood that has killed over 3,000 people and left thousands more missing came as the war-scarred North African country was lashed by [...]
Relatively high-income levels, strong World Bank governance indicators, and support from multilateral creditors have helped Seychelles maintain a credit rating of 'BB-' with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings. Released on Friday, September 15, the Ratings outlined that "a strong rebound in tourist arrivals in 2022 is ebbing in 2023, owing to sluggish economic growth in key [...]
