Ethiopian Airlines is anticipating a second daily flight to Seychelles with the aim to boost the visibility of the island nation as a destination, Tourism Seychelles - the marketing arm of the Department of Tourism - said on Tuesday. The new local head of the airlines, Kassahun Terefa, met with Seychelles' principal secretary for tourism, [...]
Guinea-Bissau has become the first country outside of Europe to join an international agreement on government accountability, human rights and the environment, the United Nations announced on Tuesday. The Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters -- also known as the Aarhus Convention -- "protects every [...]
Construction starts on a detention facility that will allow the Seychelles Prison Services to manage different categories of inmates remanded into custody, with the laying of the first stones on Monday. Once fully completed, the facility will be held in separate units, male and female adults as well as male and female juvenile remandees awaiting their [...]
Seychellois aquaculture technicians and businesses investing in the sector in the island state are benefitting from training opportunities in Cyprus, according to a fisheries official. Twelve participants - six aquaculture technicians from the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) and six private sector candidates - are taking part in the training, which started in February and will [...]
Kenyan police resumed a grisly search Monday in a forest in the country's east where the bodies of 51 suspected cult members have been exhumed from shallow graves. Police said the search inland from Malindi was continuing not just for bodies but for possible survivors of a movement whose pastor reportedly told followers to starve [...]
At the entrance to the Majicavo slum on France's Indian Ocean territory Mayotte, which authorities are seeking to evacuate and demolish, a group gathered around a poster emblazoned with the French flag. "Every day it's this or that, they come from the town hall, or the police," said Fatima Youssuf, 55, who, like most of [...]
US troops swooped in on helicopters to evacuate embassy staff from Sudan's battle-torn capital, President Joe Biden said Sunday, as other nations sought to help their citizens flee deadly fighting between rival generals. France and Turkey on Sunday also launched evacuation operations from the troubled northeast African nation, where ongoing fighting has entered its second [...]
Seychelles will soon have its first harvest of mangrove honey, which is being produced by bees in the mangrove forest surrounding the Constance Ephelia Resort in Port Launay on the west of the main island of Mahe. Mangrove honey is a unique and delicious type of honey produced in tropical climates. It is made from [...]
Environmental campaign group Extinction Rebellion on Friday began four days of action in London, promising less disruption and more inclusion than the mass blockades that became its trademark. "This is about broadening the invite and bringing far more people in far more groups on board," said Clare Farrell, the co-founder of the group known as [...]
With an interest in the social history of Seychelles, former local journalist Denise Johnstone has published a book with over 220 images of the island nation taken between 1839 and 1902. Titled "Victorian Seychelles:1839-1902", the book is based on contemporary accounts and images of the period. It gives a glimpse into life during a period of [...]
