Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted nearly 70 percent in the last 50 years, according to a landmark assessment released Thursday that highlights "devastating" losses to nature due to human activity. Featuring data from 32,000 populations of more than 5,000 species of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish, the WWF Living Planet Index [...]
Political parties, social and religious groups and representatives of the security forces gather Friday to chart the next phase in Burkina Faso's future after the country's latest coup. The forum in the capital Ouagadougou will take place two weeks after the jihadist-torn Sahel state was rocked by its second military takeover in less than nine [...]
The former Commander of the Seychelles Coast Guard, Colonel Jean Attala, has been appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF) in a ceremony at State House on Thursday. Attala, who has served in the Seychelles military for a little over 30 years, was appointed by Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan, the [...]
With the aim to have more women participating in sailing, the Seychelles Yachting Association (SYA) held its annual Sailing Festival during the weekend under the theme of 'Women on Water - Fun in Sailing.' The event, which forms part of the World Sailing's global strategy to increase the number of women in sailing, took place [...]
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to condemn Russia's annexation of parts of Ukraine, a move US President Joe Biden said sent a "clear message" to Moscow. The General Assembly approved the resolution with 143 in favor and five against, but 35 nations abstained including China, India, South Africa and Pakistan despite [...]
Case numbers in the global monkeypox outbreak have now topped 70,000, the WHO announced Wednesday as it warned that declining new cases did not mean people should drop their guard. The World Health Organization said that case numbers last week were on the rise in several countries in the Americas as it stressed that a [...]
The cruise ship season is the best way to showcase to visitors what Seychelles has to offer and entice a longer stay in the island nation, a top tourism official said on Wednesday at the opening of the 2022-2023 season. Seychelles' principal secretary for tourism, Sherin Francis, called on all tourism operators to join together and make [...]
Hopes were fading Tuesday of finding alive any of 56 people missing after a devastating landslide swept through a Venezuelan town with 36 confirmed deaths to date. President Nicolas Maduro said on state television that the death toll is expected to reach 100. Neighbors and rescuers -- some 3,000 police, soldiers and other professionals -- [...]
A Brazilian national was charged for the importation of a controlled drug on Monday by the Seychelles Supreme Court. The 26-year-old man, who was arrested on September 24, had hidden in his luggage 5kg of cocaine, the highest amount of the drug seized at the Seychelles International Airport. According to the police, the Brazilian arrived [...]
Seychelles and Norway will continue to look at various ways to work together, especially in the tourism and fisheries industries, said the newly accredited Norwegian ambassador. Gunnar Andres Holm presented his credentials as High Commissioner to Seychelles to President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House on Tuesday. "Our two countries are far away, but we are [...]
