Members of parliament from countries of the Indian Ocean Commission have held statutory meetings in Seychelles to validate the Indian Ocean Commission Parliamentary Association (AP-COI) action plan and prepare activities for 2023. The meetings held in Seychelles took place over the course of four days - from May 23 to May 26. This included the [...]
The 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) scheduled for August 23 to September in Madagascar will now feature 17 sporting disciplines instead of 23, said a top official on Friday. The president of the International Games Committee (CIJ), Antonio Gopal, told reporters that "these changes have come about due to the hosts feeling that with [...]
The 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) scheduled for August 23 to September in Madagascar will now feature 17 sporting disciplines instead of 23, said a top official on Friday. The president of the International Games Committee (CIJ), Antonio Gopal, told reporters that "these changes have come about due to the hosts feeling that with [...]
Africa must not become a "geostrategic battleground" for global powers, as it grapples with several threats to its own peace and security, African Union leaders warned Thursday. The continent of 1.3 billion people has found itself at the centre of a tussle for influence among the major powers, which has redoubled since Russia's invasion of [...]
Fulgence Kayishema, one of the last fugitives sought for their role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, was due in a court in Cape Town on Friday, two days after being arrested following 22 years on the run. He allegedly took part in one of the genocide's bloodiest episodes, when more than 2,000 Tutsis who had [...]
The Supreme Court of Seychelles on Friday sentenced a female Brazilian national to eight years in prison for the importation of cocaine. According to the court report, Amanda Ravara Dos Anjos, 32, was convicted on her own plea of guilt for the importation of a controlled drug contrary to Section 5 of the Misuse of [...]
The Seychelles islands woke up Friday to the news that the island nation's first Anglican priest and bishop, Archbishop Emeritus French Chang Him, had passed away. Chang Him was 85 years old. The beloved bishop was hospitalised a fortnight ago and underwent emergency surgery last weekend. Last Sunday, Archbishop James Wong of the Anglican Diocese [...]
New research from the Tourism Carrying Capacity Study for Seychelles' two main islands - Mahe and Praslin - shows that the country is having constraints in capacity to provide electricity, water, waste treatment, and sewage system, a top government official said on Thursday. Seychelles' Vice President Ahmed Afif said in a press conference that people "who [...]
A mechanism to facilitate the Indian Ocean Commission's (IOC) initiative of pooled procurement is expected to be completed by the end of the year and come into effect in 2024, said a Seychelles government official. The permanent liaison officer for the IOC in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ralph Agrippine, told SNA that the initiative [...]
Negotiations on a global treaty to combat plastic pollution will resume Monday, with nations under pressure to stem the tide of trash amid calls from campaigners to limit industry influence on the talks. Some 175 nations pledged last year to agree by 2024 a binding deal to end the pollution from largely fossil fuel-based plastics [...]