British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday cast UN climate talks in Glasgow in November as a last chance for humanity as he made a passionate appeal for the world to slash carbon emissions. In a characteristically colorful speech before the United Nations as he seeks success in Glasgow, Johnson urged humanity not to treat [...]
The implementation phase of the Marine Protected Areas in Seychelles is expected to start in 2022, said the project manager of the Seychelles Marine Spatial Plan initiative. Seychelles reached its target of 30 percent ocean protection around some of its outer islands after 13 new areas were gazetted in March last year. The establishment of [...]
A rare quake rattled southeastern Australia early Wednesday, shaking buildings, knocking down walls and sending panicked Melbourne residents running into the streets. The shallow tremor hit east of the country's second-largest city just after 9:00am local time (2300 GMT) and was felt hundreds of kilometres (miles) away. The US Geological Survey put the magnitude of [...]
Restoration work on the Tea Tavern Trail located at Sans Soucis on Seychelles' main island of Mahe can fully resume after the Plant Conservation Action group (PCA) received a $5,000 Regional Environment Officers grant from the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday. The grant will provide the Plant Conservation Action group with the necessary funds to remove [...]
Nothing to eat, nothing to plant. The last rain in Ifotaka fell in May, for two hours. Across Madagascar's vast southern tip, drought has transformed fields into dust bowls. More than one million people face famine. Across tens of thousands of acres, the countryside is desolate. Harvest season begins in October, leaving long, lean weeks [...]
Seychelles and Mauritania will work together in the fisheries industry as both countries have major interests in the sector, said the newly accredited ambassador. The new ambassador of Mauritania to Seychelles, Jarr Ould Inalla, presented his credentials to President Wavel Ramkalawan on Tuesday morning. Inalla expressed "immense pleasure at being able to serve my country [...]
The Seychelles’ national carrier, Air Seychelles, plans to resume flights to Johannesburg, South Africa as of September 24, the airline announced on Tuesday. The return of Air Seychelles to South Africa comes after the local Ministry of Health lifted travel restrictions between the two countries. Commercial flights had been suspended for several months due to [...]
European ministers rallied around France on Tuesday over the US and Australian decision to strip Paris of a submarine supply contract, as the dispute threatened to delay trade talks with Washington and Canberra. German Europe Minister Michael Roth said France's diplomatic crisis with the US was a "wake-up call for all of us" on the [...]
Seychelles’ Tourism Festival this year will take place from September 27 until October 3 under a theme focusing on the future of the industry, a top official said Monday. The festival will be held under the theme ‘Shaping our Future’ and the principal secretary for tourism, Sherin Francis, said that it was chosen because “we [...]
Canadians returned Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to power Monday in hotly contested elections against a rookie conservative leader, according to projections by television networks. But with polls likely to still be reporting results into the next morning, it wasn't yet clear if his party managed to secure an absolute majority of seats in parliament [...]
