A major cyclone packing ferocious winds and threatening a destructive storm surge bore down on India on Monday, disrupting the country's response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak. At least six people died over the weekend in torrential rains and winds as Cyclone Tauktae, according to press reports the biggest to hit western India in 30 [...]
Attendees to the 'Intellectual Property Rights and SMEs' webinar have learned more about how the registration of Intellectual Property (IP) adds value to their businesses and fosters investment in innovation and development. Funded by the United States Embassy to Mauritius and Seychelles, in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Trade and the [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday hosts African leaders, diplomats and lenders at a summit aimed at helping Sudan after years of conflict-riven authoritarian rule. Several heads of state will gather in Paris to discuss investment in Sudan and negotiate its debt to help the government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok in the transition after [...]
A Bulgarian swimming champion hopes to become the first international athlete to swim between two islands of Seychelles in October, a first of its kind in swimming history. Tsanko Tsankov plans to swim between the main island of Mahe and La Digue, the third-most populated island, in a first world record attempt recognised by the [...]
Kenya's High Court on Thursday ruled that President Uhuru Kenyatta's planned constitutional reforms are illegal and that he is liable to legal action over the move which has raised tensions in recent months. The prosecutor general's office said the government would appeal the decision. The reform plan, known as the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), would [...]
The secretary general of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC), Ace Magashule, who has been suspended over corruption charges, has filed a suit against party leader and head of state Cyril Ramaphosa, legal papers showed Friday. Magashule, facing fraud charges related to a multi-million-dollar housing project, is the first top official to be temporarily [...]
Seychelles' biggest freshwater basin, the Mare–aux–Cochons wetland, is expected to be rehabilitated to enhance its water storage. Work on the upland wetland located in the north of the main island of Mahe will start next month and is being done under the Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EBA) to climate change project being implemented in Seychelles since 2015. [...]
The top US health agency on Thursday said it was lifting mask-wearing guidance for people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a watershed moment that President Joe Biden called "a great day" in the long pandemic fight. The announcement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) marked an abrupt turnaround after more than [...]
Seychelles remains open to all tourists except those coming from exempted countries, and the island nation will not be introducing quarantine measures for inbound visitors, said a top official on Friday. The Minister for Tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde, outlined that in various interviews he has done with international media houses such as CNN, BBC and the [...]
A former government minister and judge on the Court of Appeal, Jacques Hodoul has passed away at age 77. Hodoul died at his residence in the northern district of Belombre last week. His funeral service was held on Friday. The Seychelles' Court of Appeal held a commemoration in honour of the late judge on Thursday. The [...]
