Following extensive consultations, the Victims Committee of the Truth, Reconciliation, and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) has agreed that only a fixed sum will be paid to victims of human rights violations, which took place in Seychelles after the 1977 coup d'état until recent history. In a final meeting with victims and the general public held on Wednesday, the [...]
Ukrainian officials have called on civilians to urgently evacuate the city of Sloviansk as Russian troops press towards it in their campaign to secure the Donbas region. Sloviansk has been subjected to "massive" Russian bombardment in recent days, with at least two people killed and seven others wounded in an attack on a marketplace Tuesday. [...]
Five suspects in connection with a trafficking in persons investigation being conducted by the police have been remanded until July 12 by the Supreme Court of Seychelles. In a press statement on Friday, the police said that the five suspects include three Seychellois, two men and a woman, and two men from India. SNA contacted [...]
Five suspects in connection with a trafficking in persons investigation being conducted by the police have been remanded until July 12 by the Supreme Court of Seychelles. In a press statement on Friday, the police said that the five suspects include three Seychellois, two men and a woman, and two men from India. SNA contacted [...]
Between January and May of this year, 87.27 percent of tourists' spending in the Seychelles' economy went towards accommodation, figures from the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) show. This figure was announced in the Tourism Department's mid-year marketing meeting on Tuesday. The remaining 12.73 percent was spent on other services such as restaurants, travel agents, [...]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces two high-stakes encounters in parliament on Wednesday after his government was rocked by the shock departures of two senior ministers. Rishi Sunak resigned as finance minister, and Sajid Javid as health secretary on Tuesday night. Both said they could no longer tolerate the culture of scandal that has stalked [...]
With the global economy worsening as a result of the Ukraine-Russia conflict and causing a hike in prices, the Seychelles' government has decided to introduce new temporary financial measures to support those with a lower income for the next six months. The finance minister, Naadir Hassan, made the statement in the National Assembly on Tuesday [...]
Sri Lanka is bankrupt and the acute pain of its unprecedented economic crisis will linger until at least the end of next year, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament Tuesday. The island nation's 22 million people have endured months of galloping inflation and lengthy power cuts after the government ran out of foreign currency to [...]
Seychelles' employment department is working on management practices to allow the country to enhance its capacity to systematically manage and regulate labour migration in the island nation. Discussions on the topic are taking place this week at the "Labour Migration Management in Seychelles" workshop organised by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with [...]
As wheat prices are driven upwards by the war in Ukraine, bakers in the West African state of Ivory Coast are starting to use locally produced cassava flour to bake bread. The baguette, the stick of bread that is much loved in the former French colony, is commonly seen as a benchmark of the cost [...]
