The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, has sent a message of condolence to Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan, following the tragic passing of Shinzo Abe, the Former Prime Minister of Japan. According to the Japan Times daily newspaper “former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — one of the most consequential leaders in Japan’s postwar history — [...]
Seychelles is mourning the passing of 87-year-old Antonio Constance, known popularly as 'Mazaren', a greatly respected conservationist and ardent protector of the islands' environment, species notably the Aldabra giant land tortoises. He was born on April, 16th 1935, on the island nation's third most populated island of La Digue and died on June 30. Hailing from [...]
The government will take back into its possession any properties in the 2020 Development on the man-made island of Ile Soleil in Seychelles that are not being used correctly or that were sold without following proper procedures, said a top official. The statement was made by the Minister for Investment, Entrepreneurship and Industry, Devika Vidot, in [...]
Haiti on Thursday marked one year since president Jovenel Moise was shot dead in his private residence, with no mastermind or motive for the attack identified, and the investigation stalled. Moise was assassinated in the early hours of July 7, 2021, when a commando group entered his bedroom at the house in Port-au-Prince and shot [...]
With the aim of mitigating and adapting to coastal erosion, Seychelles' Climate Change Department is building a sea wall along a part of Beau Vallon's main beach to stabilise the area from the adverse effect of climate change. Beau Vallon, a northern Mahe district, is one of the most popular tourist spots and has one of the [...]
Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot at a campaign event on Friday, a government spokesman said, as local media reported the ex-leader was showing no vital signs. "Former prime minister Abe was shot at around 11:30 am," in the country's western region of Nara, chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters. "One man, [...]
Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday as leader of Britain's Conservative party, paving the way for the selection of a new prime minister after dozens of ministers quit his government over 48 hours of frenzied political drama. "It is clearly the will of the parliamentary Conservative party that there should be a new leader of that [...]
A roadmap to blue carbon opportunities in Seychelles undertaken by the James Michel Foundation - created by the former president of the country - in collaboration with Australia's Deakin University has been completed, setting the way forward for the protection and restoration of sea-based ecosystems. Financed by the Blue Grants Fund from the Seychelles Conservation [...]
Transparency International Seychelles (TIS), a not-for-profit organisation, is proposing a whistleblower act be adopted by parliament and has submitted the proposal to the office of Vice-President Ahmed Afif, according to the TIS project coordinator. Marie-France Watson told SNA that TIS has given the government something to consider "because we do not have the power to make [...]
Sri Lanka has asked Russia to provide fuel and resume tourist flights to help the country weather its unprecedented economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said Wednesday. The island nation has suffered months of blackouts, rampant inflation and critical shortages of food and petrol after running out of foreign currency to finance imports. Rajapaksa said he [...]
