The amount of drugs being trafficked in the region remains a big challenge, Seychellois and French authorities said on Friday. Seychelles' Minister for Internal Affairs Errol Fonseka and Captain Frédéric Barbe, commanding officer of the French surveillance Fregate FNS Nivôse, held a press conference on board the frigate, which is on a five-day call in [...]
Plans are underway in Seychelles for the construction of a new Drug Rehabilitation Centre on the site of a previous centre which burned down 10 years ago. The construction of a new rehabilitation centre for addicts will be possible through a budget allocation of $1.7 million financed by the government of the United Arabs Emirates. [...]
Children with hearing impairment in Seychelles are now learning in a new school with modern facilities which is providing lessons up to the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) level. On Friday, the President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, visited the facility which is equipped with a computer room, library, sickbay, staff room, boarding facilities, [...]
Previously unpublished information on foreign fishing access agreements, stock information, and payment and catch data is now available to the public following the publication of Seychelles' first report to the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). The report, which was launched on Friday, makes Seychelles the first country in the world to submit such a report to the initiative. [...]
The United States announced sanctions and the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats Thursday in retaliation for what Washington says is the Kremlin's US election interference, a massive cyberattack and other hostile activity. President Joe Biden's broadside against Russia came the same week as he offered to meet President Vladimir Putin for their first summit -- [...]
Researchers on Thursday reported the first clinical evidence that drug-resistant mutations of the parasite responsible for malaria are gaining ground in Africa. Experts have long worried about the emergence of drug resistance across the continent, which accounted for more than 90 percent of malaria deaths worldwide in 2019. A new study published in The Lancet [...]
Seychelles’ Ministry of Environment is undertaking a registration exercise to establish the population of the endemic Aldabra giant land tortoise being kept in captivity. The exercise is also aimed at gathering information about the welfare of the tortoises – often kept as pets -- their living conditions and if necessary, take measures to improve their [...]
COVID-19 samples tested at a laboratory in Kenya show that the South African variant is present in the island nation, said a top health official, though infection numbers are dropping thanks to Seychelles' world-leading vaccination rate. The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, told a press conference on Thursday that 30 samples taken from June last [...]
The megaship which blocked Egypt's Suez Canal and crippled world trade for nearly a week has been "seized" on court orders until the vessel's owners pay $900 million, canal authorities said Tuesday. The 200,000-tonne MV Ever Given got diagonally stuck in the narrow but crucial global trade artery in a sandstorm on March 23, triggering [...]
India's huge coronavirus second wave accelerated Thursday with a record number of infections reported, as a top Japanese politician warned Covid-19 could still derail the already delayed Olympics. While nations like Britain have celebrated the beginning of normality and extended vaccine rollouts, some South Asian countries are grappling with fresh -- and more terrifying -- [...]
