Emergency teams on Friday kept up their search for the thousands still posted as missing from the tsunami-sized flash flood that swept the Libyan port city of Derna, killing at least 4,000 people. The enormous surge of water burst two upstream dams late Sunday and reduced Derna to an apocalyptic wasteland where entire city blocks [...]
The Covid-19 pandemic caused a sharp slowdown in the fight to end child poverty, with 333 million children still living in extreme poverty, according to a report published Wednesday. The report from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank found that the pandemic led to the abolition of extreme poverty for 30 [...]
Seychelles will host the 19th Indian Ocean Colloquium on HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and addictology from November 13-14 under the theme "HIV at the heart of integrated, accessible care," said a top official on Thursday. The announcement was made by the chairperson of the National AIDS committee, Dr Anne Gabriel, who said that it is now Seychelles' turn to [...]
The tiny Italian island of Lampedusa struggled Thursday to cope with a surge in migrant boats from North Africa after numbers peaked at 7,000 people -- equivalent to the entire local population. The local reception centre, built to house fewer than 400 people, was overwhelmed with men, women and children forced to sleep outside on [...]
Two Seychellois youths won second and third prizes in the "My Dream" theme painting competition for African youths co-hosted by the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO). Nathalie Joseph and Angela Marzocchi were given their prizes in a ceremony on Wednesday at the Chinese Embassy in the presence of [...]
The Seychelles' Cabinet of Ministers has approved a draft agreement on trade and economic cooperation with Turkey with the aim to promote trade between the two countries. Vice President Ahmed Afif told reporters on Thursday that the discussion between Seychelles and Turkey started in early 2020 to allow trade between the two countries in various [...]
The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, will attend a summit of the Group of 77 developing nations and China in Havana, Cuba, from September 14 to 16, State House said on Wednesday. Convened by Cuba, as chair of the G77+China, the summit of heads of state and government focuses on the theme "Current Development Challenges: The Role of [...]
Rescue teams stepped up a massive effort to bring relief to devastated Moroccan mountain villages Wednesday as the chances faded fast for finding survivors from the powerful earthquake which killed 2,900 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. Vehicles packed with supplies were inching up winding mountain roads to deliver desperately needed food and tents [...]
Exploratory harvesting of sea cucumber by Seychellois operators in the Joint Management Area (JMA) of the Mascarene Plateau Region is set to start within the coming months as sea conditions improve. Jointly managed by Seychelles and Mauritius, as the two countries sharing jurisdiction, the Joint Management Area is an extended continental shelf area of about 396,000 square kilometres [...]
Mayors of Indian Ocean countries are convening in Seychelles to discuss issues specific to the region including the circular economy and waste management as well as elect a new committee. During the two-day workshop taking place at the Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Hotel, organised by the Association of Cities and Communities of the Indian Ocean (ACCIO) [...]
