Seychellois ambassadors in overseas mission discussed on Monday the review of the current foreign policy document when they met together with Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan for the first time since his election. The meeting took place ahead of the biennial Honorary Consuls Conference scheduled to start on Wednesday. Head Ambassador of Seychelles, Claude Morel, told reporters that all [...]
Cyclone Sitrang slammed into densely-populated, low-lying Bangladesh late Monday, killing at least five people as authorities fearing heavy rain and storm surge rushed to move hundreds of thousands out of the system's path. Sitrang, packing winds of 80 kilometers (50 miles) per hour, made landfall along the Chittagong-Barisal coast around 9:00 pm (1500 GMT), government [...]
Former finance minister Rishi Sunak on Monday won the battle for leadership of Britain's Conservative party and will become the country's first prime minister of colour. Penny Mordaunt, the last rival left after Boris Johnson dramatically pulled out, failed to secure the necessary 100 nominations from her fellow MPs. "Rishi Sunak is therefore elected as [...]
Seychelles' finance ministry is ready to launch the first online auction platform for government assets, which have been approved for disposal, facilitating public access to this service. A variety of 15 government-owned vehicles, ranging from hatchbacks to pickup trucks, will be part of the first batch of assets to be auctioned online. The website is [...]
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Seychelles' credit ratings to 'BB-' with a stable outlook, reflecting the island nation's declining debt and its remaining on track to reduce debt/GDP to around 56 percent by end of 2024. The new upgrade by Fitch Ratings was issued on Friday, October 21. In a press release from the Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trade [...]
British Conservative Rishi Sunak was on Monday poised to become prime minister and the country's first leader of colour, after the dramatic decision by Boris Johnson to abandon an audacious political comeback. Just weeks after failing in a first attempt to lead the ruling Tories, Sunak could cap a stunning reversal in fortunes by winning [...]
Xi Jinping secured a historic third term as China's leader on Sunday and filled his inner circle with close allies, achieving after a decade in power complete dominance over the ruling Communist Party. The party's Central Committee elected Xi as its general secretary for another five-year term, bringing the country back towards one-man rule after [...]
Cancer Concern Seychelles is set to work closely with other organisations as part of its aim of helping cancer patients in the island nation. Together with the Soroptimist International Club of Seychelles, Cancer Concern Seychelles received a cheque of SCR 100,000 ($7,000) from local telecommunications company Cable & Wireless Seychelles. The new chairperson of the [...]
Former prime minister Boris Johnson returned to Britain Saturday from a Caribbean holiday aiming to launch an audacious political comeback, as Conservative rival Rishi Sunak reached the minimum threshold to contest the UK's top job. Johnson cut short a luxury stay in the Dominican Republic to join the seemingly three-person race to replace outgoing leader [...]
The Monaco Explorations' research vessel 'S.A . Agulhas 2' has reached the Seychelles waters surrounding the Aldabra Atoll, kicking off its series of research on and around this UNESCO World Heritage site. The team of over 80 scientists from Monaco, France, Seychelles, Reunion, and Mauritius will spend a week on the atoll and will carry [...]
