Iran was Saturday set to announce the winner of a presidential election in which ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi was seen as all but certain to emerge victorious over his three low-profile rivals. If elected, Raisi, 60, would take over from moderate Hassan Rouhani at a time the Islamic republic is seeking to salvage its tattered [...]
The Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS) is proposing the setting-up of protected areas on the main island of Mahe to shield the hawksbill sea turtle during nesting periods from September 1 to March 31, a top official said on Wednesday. Christophe Mason-Parker, the chief executive of MCSS, told SNA that a nomination file is being [...]
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people fleeing war and persecution continued rising last year, with global displacement climbing to over 82 million -- double the figure a decade ago, the UN said Friday. A fresh report from the UN refugee agency showed global displacement figures swelled by around three million in 2020 after [...]
Developing policies, programmes and services that are better suited for the situations and needs of families in Seychelles is the goal of a profiling exercise that the Ministry for Youth, Sports and Family plans to undertake. Minister Marie Celine Zialor, who is responsible for the portfolio of family affairs, said there is not enough information [...]
The first astronauts arrived at China's new space station on Thursday in the country's longest crewed mission to date, a landmark step in establishing Beijing as a major space power. The trio blasted off on a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwest China's Gobi desert, and their craft docked around seven [...]
More emphasis will be placed on training to ensure that Seychelles gets a better trained police force in the coming years, said the new Commissioner of Police, Ted Barbe. Barbe was sworn in by President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House on Thursday. He had been the acting commissioner of police since March 15 after his [...]
Former president Laurent Gbagbo was returning to Ivory Coast on Thursday for the first time in nearly a decade, after he was cleared of crimes against humanity and his once-bitter rival welcomed him back in the name of reconciliation. Gbagbo left the country in humiliation in 2011, after his refusal to accept electoral defeat sparked [...]
The Seychelles’ Blue Economy Department will be looking at ways to recycle waste from the sea and plastic bottles littering the environment under two newly signed financial agreements with France. The two agreements, worth a total of 21,600 euros, are part of the grant from the Solidarity Fund for Innovative Projects, Civil Societies, Francophonie and Human [...]
Takamaka Bay Rum, a product made in Seychelles, is expected to hit 50 new markets in the coming three to five years with funds raised from its new listing on the Merj Stock Exchange. Trois Frères Distillery, which produces Takamaka Rum, got listed on the Merj Stock Exchange on May 18. Merj Exchange Limited, formerly [...]
President Joe Biden and President Vladimir Putin face off Wednesday at a tense Geneva summit, where ghosts of the Cold War will hover over modern-day US concerns about Russian cyber attacks and what the White House sees as a dangerous authoritarian drift. The setting -- a sumptuous villa overlooking Lake Geneva -- may be picturesque, [...]
