Seychelles’ Port Victoria has won the Indian Ocean’s Leading Cruise Port title for the ninth time at the 2021 edition of the World Travel Awards, the Ports Authority said on Tuesday. The Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA) said that “retaining this title is testimony to the commitment, hard work and close collaboration and coordination of the authority [...]
The UN rights chief on Wednesday slammed the extreme brutality characterising the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, following a joint UN-Ethiopian report warning of possible "crimes against humanity" by all sides. Michelle Bachelet insisted on the need to bring perpetrators of a vast array of rights abuses to justice. "The Tigray conflict has been marked [...]
Seychelles has signed a historic pact to halt and reverse loss and land degradation by 2030 at the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow on Tuesday, said State House. President Wavel Ramkalawan signed the pact together with other heads of states and governments at the event on Forests and Land Use. More than 100 world leaders [...]
Coal-dependant South Africa on Thursday announced it was ploughing 50 billion rand ($3.3 billion) into 25 wind and solar projects in an effort to shift towards clean energy and boost production. Energy minister Gwede Mantashe said the deals with private producers would add 2,583 MW of contracted capacity to the grid -- a boost of [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that retaliatory measures threatened against Britain over a row about post-Brexit fishing rights would not be implemented at midnight, with fresh talks planned this week. Discussions will "continue tomorrow" between France, the UK and the European Commission, Macron said on the sidelines of the COP26 summit in Glasgow. [...]
Poetry lovers in Seychelles gathered at the National Theatre at Mont Fleuri on Saturday evening to pay homage to local poet, singer and songwriter Marie Clarisse. Called 'Onnor enn nou menm' which translates into 'Honour one of our own' and organised by the Bling Bling Poetry association, has been on the Creole Festival calendars for [...]
An environment partnership to save planet earth must be forged during the global meeting COP26, the President of Seychelles told other heads of state at the World Leaders Summit in Glasgow, Scotland. "I stand before you fellow leaders of our nations, thus of our planet, neither as a scientist nor as an environmental expert, but [...]
Queen Elizabeth II on Monday called on world leaders to act together to tackle climate change at the end of the first day of the COP26 summit in Glasgow. In a video message sent to the conference, she added her voice to a succession of world leaders stressing the urgency of the crisis. But as [...]
A high-rise building under construction collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on Monday, killing at least four people with dozens more feared trapped inside the rubble. A yellow excavator pushed away concrete slabs to search though the wreckage of the 21-floor building in Lagos's wealthy Ikoyi residential and business district, AFP correspondents at the scene [...]
Maritime security and illegal trafficking in the south of the Seychelles’ territory were two subjects discussed by President Wavel Ramkalawan and his counterpart from Madagascar. State House said on Monday that Ramkalawan and the President of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina met on the sidelines of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. Ramkalawan is attending the [...]
