Work has started in Seychelles to tighten laws against child prostitution and labour, said a top government official. The Minister for Social Affairs, Patricia Francourt, and the principal secretary of that department, Linda William-Melanie, outlined on Tuesday the country's completed report on optional child protection laws to present to the United Nations. Although Seychelles is [...]
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will head to Paris on Wednesday to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron, state media in the UAE reported. Sheikh Mohammed, the United Arab Emirates' de facto leader, would discuss with Macron "the prospects of consolidating strategic cooperation" between the two countries, the official WAM [...]
In preparation for the launch of the Green Footprint Seychelles campaign, the British High Commission organised a pilot tree-planting activity at the Salazie Trail in the Morne Seychellois National Park recently, the Commission said on Monday. The activity which took place last Friday brought together members of staff from the Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority, [...]
From swimming to soccer, running to horse riding, Afghanistan's new sports chief said Tuesday that the Taliban will allow 400 sports -- but declined to confirm if women can play a single one. "Please don't ask more questions about women," Bashir Ahmad Rustamzai told AFP, from an armchair where Afghanistan's Olympic Committee president had sat [...]
Seychelles will have a fully functioning 60-bed field hospital set up within two weeks after a facility donated by the government of Qatar arrived in the island nation on Tuesday on a special Qatar Airforce cargo plane. The field hospital was handed over to the chief executive of the Seychelles Health Care Agency, Danny Louange, [...]
Thailand will look for ways to enhance cooperation with Seychelles, especially on ways to move the tourism industry forward, the newly accredited ambassador said on Tuesday. Sasirit Tangulrat was accredited as the new ambassador of Thailand to Seychelles in a ceremony held at State House on Tuesday. "The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted this sector in [...]
South Korea's antitrust watchdog fined Google nearly $180 million on Tuesday for abusing its dominance in the mobile operating systems and app markets, it said, the latest in a series of regulatory moves against tech giants around the world. The penalty came weeks after South Korea passed a law banning major app store operators such [...]
Visitors from South Africa are again allowed to enter Seychelles, as of September 13, after the Ministry of Health removed the country from its restricted list. Following a Sunday update made to the Health Entry and Stay Conditions for Travellers, entry and stay conditions will not be affected by the COVID-19 vaccination status of visitors. [...]
The UN's rights chief warned on Monday that environmental threats were worsening conflicts worldwide and would soon constitute the biggest challenge to human rights. Michelle Bachelet said climate change, pollution and nature loss were already having a severe impact but that countries were consistently failing to take action to curb the damage. "The interlinked crises [...]
Proposed amendments to the Seychelles' Citizenship Act will make it easier for former Seychellois citizens to regain citizenship but more difficult for a foreigner who married an islander, said a top government official on Wednesday. The proposal, which has already been approved by the Seychelles' Cabinet of Ministers, will go to the National Assembly for [...]
