Apex hotel supplies in Seychelles is asking anyone who bought Ceres 100% Apple Juice to return the product to the company for a refund after a notice that it may contain toxic levels of a fungus. The announcement from Apex follows a notice issued by the Competition Commission of the Common Market for Eastern and [...]
Seychelles will become the first country outside of Europe to host the BlueInvest Africa forum, an event being held in March to boost the African Union-European Union partnership in the area of the blue economy. BlueInvest Africa targets African start-up business companies that are already operating in the the blue economy. It also targets micro- [...]
The UN's top court handed Somalia control of most of a potentially oil and gas-rich chunk of the Indian Ocean on Tuesday after a bitter legal battle with Kenya, which strongly rejected the ruling. Kenya got only a small slice of the disputed tract of sea off the East African coast in the ruling by [...]
The last surviving French Resistance fighter awarded the highest bravery order by Charles de Gaulle for his World War II exploits has died aged 101, France's defence minister said Tuesday. The death of Hubert Germain marks a sobering point in a chapter in French history that saw the country capitulate to Nazi forces in 1940, [...]
G20 leaders gathered Tuesday for a virtual summit focused on addressing the looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, with the EU kicking off proceedings by announcing a one-billion-euro ($1.2-billion-euro) aid package. US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among those dialling in to the meeting hosted by Italy, although Chinese President Xi [...]
In the effort to address threats that coral reefs in the waters of Seychelles face, the government has developed a national policy and strategic action plan for coral conservation and management. One of the plan's objectives is to establish an effective, transparent and equitable governance structure for coral and coral reef protection, conservation, sustainable use [...]
Visitor arrivals in Seychelles have surpassed last year's figures, showing that the tourism industry is well on the way to recovery, the nation's top tourism official said. The 114,859th visitor arrived in the island nation on a Qatar Airways flight on Monday, surpassing the 114,858 who visited the archipelago last year. The Principal Secretary for Tourism, Sherin [...]
Tunisia's President Kais Saied appointed a new government Monday, 11 weeks after firing the last one in a controversial power grab, as the country faces acute economic and political crises. State television broadcast a swearing-in ceremony of the cabinet headed by Najla Bouden, the North African country's first female prime minister. Bouden vowed that "the [...]
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, today toured a number of pavilions at the Sustainability District at Expo 2020, including those of Seychelles and Montenegro. His Highness was accompanied by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince [...]
A key UN summit tasked with protecting biodiversity opened in China and online Monday, as countries meet to protect ecosystems and prevent mass extinction weeks before the COP26 climate conference. Beijing, the world's biggest polluter, has sought to position itself in recent years as a world leader on environmental issues after Washington's withdrawal from international [...]
