President Emmanuel Macron shed tears as he paid a final homage to Hubert Germain, the last French Resistance hero recognised by Charles de Gaulle from World War II who died last month. Macron led a special Armistice Day ceremony for Germain in central Paris before his body was interred in France's war memorial at Mont-Valerien [...]
Initial data gathered from a mapping study on Seychelles' seagrass meadows was presented at the UN climate conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, said the lead consultant. Jeanne Mortimer, the lead consultant told SNA that the information will also be used when Seychelles discusses issues surrounding its carbon footprint with other countries. Seagrass is one of three [...]
The Indian Ocean island paradise of Mauritius imposed a raft of new Covid-19 curbs on Friday as it confronted an upsurge in cases despite a high vaccination rate. Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announced the restrictions in a televised address to the nation on Thursday, blaming people who were not abiding by health protocols for the [...]
An initiative to conserve, restore and sustainably use marine and coastal ecosystems in the western Indian Ocean called the Great Blue Wall launched on Wednesday at the UN climate change conference, COP26, in Glasgow. Under the initiative, 10 western Indian Ocean countries, including Seychelles, presented plans to establish a network of marine conserved areas. The [...]
Countries involved in a project to restore coral ecosystems to help the fisheries and aquaculture sectors held their first meeting in Seychelles on Friday. The REEFFISH project will cost $4.4 million over a period of three years and is managed under a collaboration between the Food Agricultural Organisation and the government of Japan alongside Seychelles, [...]
A proposed 2022 budget of just over SCR10 billion ($773 million) was presented to the National Assembly for approval on Friday with the health and education ministries receiving 32 percent of the allocation for goods and services. In his budget address, Naadir Hassan, Minister for Finance, Economic Planning and Trade, said that the Ministry of [...]
The United Nations sees developments in Sudan, where a new transitional council has been named, as "very concerning," a spokesman said Thursday, as the UN envoy in the country told diplomats time was running out to find a peaceful resolution to the crisis. Sudan's de facto ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan dissolved the government led [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron hosts leaders and diplomats in Paris for an international conference on Friday aimed at ensuring Libya sticks to a plan to hold elections in December and turn a new page in its history. The hydrocarbon-rich North African country has been mired in civil war since the overthrow of dictator Moamer Kadhafi [...]
The cruise ship season in Seychelles will reopen after an 18-month hiatus with the arrival of Le Bellot from le Ponant group on 18 November, a top official said on Thursday. The last cruise ship to visit Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, was in March last year before a temporary closure was [...]
Iran is ready to reach a "good agreement" on the nuclear issue at negotiations due to get underway in Vienna later this month, the country's foreign minister said Wednesday. In a tweet, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said his deputy and chief negotiator Ali Bagheri was "engaged in successful talks in Europe" where he is visiting London, Paris [...]