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Aquaculture monitoring: World Bank-backed training for Seychelles' fisheries experts

The World Bank is supporting a group of Seychelles' fisheries experts to build capacity and increase knowledge in marine environmental monitoring for aquaculture through a training exercise. The recently completed training, initiated by the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA), was aimed at supporting both the government and private sector in aquaculture development, promoting environmentally sustainable and [...]

By | 2023-02-17T11:33:45+00:00 February 17th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Aquaculture monitoring: World Bank-backed training for Seychelles' fisheries experts
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The Diplomat Q&A: India seeks growth in tourism and trade with Seychelles

Seychelles, a group of 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean, has long been a strategic military location for world powers namely India, France, the U.K. and the U.S., as a safe port of call for their naval forces to refuel and rest, but also as a surveillance post for maritime and intelligence activities in [...]

By | 2023-02-16T16:31:12+00:00 February 16th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on The Diplomat Q&A: India seeks growth in tourism and trade with Seychelles
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Nigerian president moves to ease cash crisis

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday defended a currency swap that sparked protests and cash shortages, but ordered old, small denomination 200 naira notes to remain in circulation to ease scarcities. Nigeria has been struggling with a shortage in physical cash since the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) began to swap old bills of the [...]

By | 2023-02-16T15:55:14+00:00 February 16th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Nigerian president moves to ease cash crisis
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Seychelles' President expresses gratitude to UAE for longstanding aid  

Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan has expressed profound gratitude to the United Arab Emirates for all the assistance and support provided to the island nation. State House said in a press communique on Thursday that Ramkalawan met with the Vice-President of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,  on the margins of the World Government Summit [...]

By | 2023-02-16T14:41:44+00:00 February 16th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Seychelles' President expresses gratitude to UAE for longstanding aid  
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Biden, 80, to undergo medical checkup ahead of potential 2024 bid

Joe Biden will complete a routine medical checkup on Thursday, a crucial step for the oldest-ever US president ahead of his expected fight for reelection in 2024. The White House has promised to release the report by the 80-year-old president's doctor, as it also did during his previous checkup in 2021. This time around, with [...]

By | 2023-02-16T12:40:09+00:00 February 16th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Biden, 80, to undergo medical checkup ahead of potential 2024 bid
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Best of Seychelles' fish: AFPES to exhibit at Seafood Expo Global 2023

A group of Seychelles' fish processors and exporters are seeking to eliminate middlemen and trade directly with buyers and importers by attending the Seafood Expo Global 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, from April 25-27. The Association of Fish Processors and Exporters Seychelles' (AFPES) presence at the expo is being done through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with [...]

By | 2023-02-16T11:39:52+00:00 February 16th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Best of Seychelles' fish: AFPES to exhibit at Seafood Expo Global 2023
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Seychelles hosts second meeting of AU platform for SIDS

Work continues for the setting up of a fisheries platform that will allow small island nations from Africa to join forces for discussions at international level, through a three-day training in Seychelles. The three-day workshop is being organised by the African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) which is currently implementing the second phase [...]

By | 2023-02-15T17:01:50+00:00 February 15th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Seychelles hosts second meeting of AU platform for SIDS
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UK, US guilty of 'crimes against humanity' over Chagos Islands: HRW

Britain and the United States are guilty of crimes against humanity in the forced displacement of indigenous people from the Chagos Islands, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. In a new 106-report, the US-based rights group added that the UK's "racial persecution, and continued blocking of their return home", with Washington's support, constituted an [...]

By | 2023-02-15T15:08:37+00:00 February 15th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on UK, US guilty of 'crimes against humanity' over Chagos Islands: HRW
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UN appeals for $5.6 billion for aid to Ukraine in 2023

The United Nations said Wednesday that $5.6 billion was needed to provide humanitarian aid in Ukraine and to the millions who have fled the war-ravaged country. Nearly a year after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the UN estimated that 21.8 million Ukrainians were now in need of humanitarian assistance. "The war continues to [...]

By | 2023-02-15T14:56:57+00:00 February 15th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on UN appeals for $5.6 billion for aid to Ukraine in 2023
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Russian man sentenced to 2 and half years in prison in Seychelles for son's death

The Seychelles Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced а Russian 39-year-old man, Dimitri Sandul, to two and a half years in prison for wilful neglect that led to the death of his 17-month-old son, Emelyan Jandurl. The 17-month-old Russian baby died on Saturday, January 21, after being left alone in an air-conditioned car in a car park of a gym in [...]

By | 2023-02-15T11:03:30+00:00 February 15th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Russian man sentenced to 2 and half years in prison in Seychelles for son's death
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