Key priority areas that need a unified front in international forums and could considerably advance Africa's fisheries and aquaculture sector were identified in a workshop organised by the African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) in Seychelles. In a press communique on Friday, the organisation said that the aim of the three-day workshop was to review [...]
Powerful tropical Cyclone Freddy tore through parts of Madagascar on Wednesday, killing four people on the Indian Ocean island, disaster management authorities said. A 27-year-old man drowned in rising sea waters on Tuesday just before the storm, which packed winds of around 130 kilometres per hour (80 miles per hour), made landfall. But on Wednesday [...]
Maritime safety and security within the Indian Ocean are set to increase and will benefit Seychelles as two centres dealing with and coordinating maritime information exchange signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday. The MoU was signed by the director of the Seychelles-based Regional Coordination Operations Centre (RCOC), Sam Gonthier, and done virtually by the director [...]
US President Joe Biden vows Russia will never see victory in Ukraine, delivering a major speech in Warsaw hours after Russia's Vladimir Putin said his country would continue its nearly year-long military offensive. Putin, in his annual state-of-the-nation address, accused the West of escalating the conflict and announced the Kremlin would suspend participation in the [...]
Seychelles and Ivory Coast will cement ties in commerce, tourism and fisheries, said the newly accredited Ivory Coast Ambassador to Seychelles on Tuesday. Sakaria Kone presented his credentials to President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House and they discussed the potential of future cooperation. "There is great potential for exchanges between the two countries as Ivory [...]
Air Seychelles will operate additional flights between Seychelles and Tel Aviv, the second largest city in Israel, for the upcoming sin April due to growing demand, the airline said on Monday. Besides the normal twice-weekly commercial flights, additional flights have been added to meet the heavy demand along with charters from Tel Aviv to Mauritius and Maldives. [...]
Seychelles' environment ministry is undertaking a country-wide survey to quantify the yearly importation of refrigerating gases to prepare for the phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in January 2025 as stipulated under the Kigali Schedule of the Montreal Protocol. The survey, which started on February 15, will allow the ministry to identify key stakeholders using the HFCs [...]
Mauritius cancelled flights and closed its stock exchange Monday as an intense tropical cyclone approached the Indian Ocean island nation, bringing rainfall and gusty winds with it. No government services were operating, while shops, banks and petrol stations were shut and public transport halted, leaving streets largely deserted, according to an AFP correspondent. The Stock [...]
Seychelles expects to benefit more from the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in teacher education, information and communications technology (ICT) integration, and in skills development for livelihoods after a two-day evaluation which started on Monday. The COL European and African focal points - an intergovernmental educational organisation of the Commonwealth - are attending the meeting in Seychelles with the [...]
The African Union insisted on Sunday it had "zero tolerance" for undemocratic changes of power and vowed to push through a continent-wide free trade deal as it wrapped up a two-day summit. Leaders of the 55-nation bloc met in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to discuss a slew of challenges facing the continent, including coups, [...]
