Seven potential investors have been shortlisted to submit projects to develop fish processing facilities within two years at a newly demarcated fish processing zone at the man-made island of Ile Du Port, said a top official. The investors were invited to visit the site on Wednesday and the Minister for fisheries, Jean- Francois Ferrari, said, [...]
Eight vessels with Chinese nationals onboard were escorted to the Seychelles' Port Victoria on Wednesday for relevant local authorities to carry out necessary procedures of identification, said a high government official. The fisheries minister, Jean-Francois Ferrari, told a press conference that the authorities in Seychelles were notified on Friday of the presence of eight unidentified [...]
The Seychelles' Electoral Commission has cancelled the registration of the opposition political party Lalyans Seselwa (Seychellois Alliance) led by former Minister Patrick Pillay for failure to comply with the Political Parties Act, an official said on Wednesday. Pillay indicated that he does not contest the decision, telling SNA that his party achieved what he'd wanted [...]
The Supreme Court of Seychelles on Tuesday dismissed a case seeking the return of Coetivy Island to its former owner -- the Delhomme's family. The family's lawyer, Frank Elisabeth, told the press after the court's ruling that the judge dismissed the case because according to the law a case must have been filed within 20 [...]
The Seychelles' economy remains fragile, despite an increase in the amount of money received in the past months, the governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) warned on Tuesday. Caroline Abel told a press conference that there are several indicators that CBS is following that show that the economy is still fragile. "We are seeing, for [...]
Tourism, the blue economy, and the fisheries sector are areas where the new ambassador-designate of Oman said his country hopes to develop with Seychelles, as he hinted at the potential of Oman Air flying to the island nation. Ambassador Ali bin Abdullah bin Salirn Al Mahmqi spoke after presenting his credentials to President Wavel Ramkalawan [...]
The UN Security Council was due to hold an emergency meeting Tuesday amid a flurry of urgent diplomacy aimed at stemming Israel air strikes that have killed more than 200 Palestinians. A fireball accompanied by a plume of black smoke erupted over a Gaza building early Tuesday after the latest Israeli strike, an AFP journalist [...]
Au moins 24 personnes ont péri et 96 autres restaient portées disparues dans l'Ouest de l'Inde mardi, après le passage du cyclone Tauktae qui a provoqué des suspensions locales de la campagne de vaccination contre le Covid dans ce pays ravagé par l'épidémie. Quelque 96 personnes étaient toujours portées disparues après le naufrage de leur [...]
The IMF said Monday it had reached an agreement to move forward on the disbursement of $410 million to Kenya as part of an aid package approved in April. The payment must first be approved by the Board of Governors, which is set to meet in the coming weeks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said [...]
Seychelles and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) established a new travel corridor for vaccinated travellers between the two countries as part of bilateral cooperation and recovery efforts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Signed late last week, the agreement acknowledges mutual recognition of vaccination certificates issued by health authorities in the two countries. To benefit from the [...]
