A popular locally produced beer -- SeyBrew -- is now available in 500ml cans with a new design. The new cans which are available at a recommended retail price of SCR49 ($3) have been met with generally positive responses from the public since the design's launch recently. "Since we began our canning line of beers, [...]
An agreement to cooperate on customs matters signed with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier this month will greatly benefit customs operations in the island nation, a top official said on Friday. Now officials want a similar deal with Japan, to help smooth the process for importing cars. The Principal Secretary for Trade, Cillia Mangroo, [...]
The World Bank has earmarked a total of $490 million (416 million euros) to help Madagascar buy Covid vaccines and finance development projects, the two sides announced on Wednesday. The Bank will provide a grant of 100 million euros to help the Indian Ocean island purchase vaccines and boost its health system, Economy Minister Richard [...]
Israel has been granted official observer status at the African Union, officials said Thursday, a goal the country's diplomats have been working towards for nearly two decades. Israeli ambassador Aleli Admasu presented his credentials Thursday to Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairman of the African Union Commission, at AU headquarters in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, according to [...]
The number of COVID-19 cases recorded in Seychelles is showing a downward trend but restrictions will remain in place, said a top official on Thursday. The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, told a press conference that the seven-day rolling average for this week shows a downward trend in the number of cases recorded generally. “It [...]
A preliminary analysis carried out on two insects caught in the cargo area at the Seychelles international airport on Tuesday indicates that they are bush crickets rather than locusts as previously thought. Bush crickets are not deemed to be a hazard for Seychelles, but officials had shut down the cargo area for tests. The chief [...]
The Seychelles Trading Company (STC) says delivery delays for its consignment of goods will not affect the price of commodities for the public. The delayed consignment includes items such as rice, oil, butter and toilet paper. In a press conference on Thursday, the deputy chief executive, David Jean-Baptiste, said, "STC has a buffer stock of [...]
Mali on Wednesday said it had opened a probe into an attempt to assassinate military strongman Assimi Goita, the figure behind two coups in less than a year in one of Africa's most troubled countries. "An ill-intentioned individual tried to physically harm" Goita after prayers for Eid al-Adha at Bamako's Grand Mosque, prosecutor Bourama Kariba [...]
Seychelles will be represented by five athletes at the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo from July 23 to August 8. The athletes received a special send-off in a ceremony at State House in the presence of President Wavel Ramkalawan and Sports Minister, Marie-Celine Zialor last week. The Seychelles' delegation left for the Games on Sunday [...]
Piles of cars were strewn across a central Chinese city Thursday as shocked residents picked through the debris of a historic deluge that claimed at least 33 lives, with more heavy rain threatening surrounding regions. An unprecedented downpour dumped a year's rain in just three hours on the city of Zhengzhou, weather officials said, instantly [...]
