Seychelles' female weightlifter Ruby Malvina has tested positive for a banned substance, a top weightlifting official said on Wednesday. The chairman of the Seychelles Weightlifting Federation (SWF), Robert Rose, told reporters that "We can confirm that Ruby Malvina has tested positive for a banned substance. It was the International Testing Agency (ITA), who sent a [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron met with hundreds of French officials on Tuesday to begin exploring the "deeper reasons" for the country's plunge into riots after a police officer killed a teenager at a traffic stop. The meeting at the Elysee palace in Paris with more than 300 mayors, whose municipalities suffered damage over a week [...]
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog met with Fukushima residents and representatives Wednesday, seeking to reassure them about the planned release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant. The planned, decades-long discharge of accumulated water from the devastated nuclear facility has been approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as meeting global [...]
The development of the Beau Vallon promenade on the main Seychelles island of Mahe is due to start in September after the Regatta weekend and the expression of interest will be announced soon. The Minister for Investment, Entrepreneurship and Industry, Devika Vidot, accompanied by the chief executive of the Enterprise Seychelles Agency (ESA), Lisa Lautoy, [...]
Senegal's President Macky Sall on Monday ended months of tense uncertainty by saying he would not seek a third term next year, clearing the way for open elections in the West African nation, long considered a bastion of democracy in a troubled region. Sall had until now remained coy about his ambitions, stoking tensions over [...]
Germany is looking at strengthening the cooperation with the Seychelles police authorities by providing material support, said the newly accredited Ambassador of Germany to Seychelles. Sebastian Groth presented his credentials to Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House on Monday. Groth told reporters that the discussions with the President touched on various areas of continued [...]
Seychelles has launched its Fisheries Information Management System (FIMS), aimed at improving access to fisheries information, in terms of accessibility, availability and timeliness. At the launching ceremony on Monday at the Savoy Seychelles Resort and Spa, the Minister for Fisheries and the Blue Economy, Jean-Francois Ferrari, said in his address that data is a vital [...]
Thousands of dead fish have washed ashore in southeast Iraq, prompting an official investigation into the wildlife disaster that officials said Monday may be linked to drought conditions. An AFP photographer saw thousands of small fish washed up on the banks of the Amshan river in Majar al-Kabir, an area in Maysan province that borders [...]
Students of the Seychelles Institute of Agriculture and Horticulture (SIAH) have the possibility of higher education prospects as high officials discuss areas of agriculture training with the Netherlands' Aeres Training Centre International. A representative of Aeres Training Centre International, Teus Korevaar, met with officials of the Ministry of Education and SIAH on Monday, to discuss [...]
South Africa's Zulu king, head of the country's most influential traditional monarchy, has undergone "thorough" medical examinations following the sudden death of a close adviser, a spokesman said Sunday, amid suspicions he was poisoned. The king, who was visiting neighbouring Eswatini, "underwent precautionary and thorough medical exams in a context of Covid and after the [...]
