A megaship blocking Egypt's Suez Canal could be refloated as early as Saturday, the vessel's Japanese owner told local media, as the crisis forced companies to re-route services from the vital shipping lane around Africa. The MV Ever Given, which is longer than four football fields, has been wedged diagonally across the span of the [...]
The ongoing extension project at the La Gogue dam is 95 percent complete, with additional work to be undertaken to deal with seepage and excess rainwater, said an official of the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC). Work to expand the capacity of the La Gogue dam by 600,000 cubic metres started in January 2018 and because [...]
President Joe Biden warned North Korea Thursday that the United States will "respond accordingly" if it escalates its military testing, after Pyongyang fired two missiles in its first major provocation since he took office. The nuclear-armed North has a long history of using weapons tests to ramp up tensions, in a carefully calibrated process to [...]
Eritrea will pull its troops out of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Friday, a potential breakthrough in a drawn-out conflict that has seen atrocities carried out against civilians. The announcement comes as Abiy, winner of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, faces mounting pressure to end fighting in which both Eritrean [...]
Seychelles will soon start the implementation of the African Trade Observatory (ATO) project where local businesses can get more information about trade potential within the African continent, a top government official said on Tuesday. The principal secretary for Trade, Cillia Mangroo, told a press conference that the government will need to sign a memorandum of [...]
Decades of poaching and shrinking habitats have devastated elephant populations across Africa, conservationists said Thursday, warning that one sub-species found in rainforests was a step away from extinction. In an update of its "Red List" of threatened species, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) highlighted the broad deterioration of the situation for elephants [...]
The health authorities in Seychelles will be able to cater for an increase in requests for exit PCR tests now that the island nation has more widely reopened its borders for visitors, said a top official. The island nation reopened on Thursday with the aim of relaunching its tourism industry, but more visitors will mean [...]
Seychelles reopens its borders on Thursday to visitors from any country except those coming directly from South Africa to relaunch the island nation’s tourism industry, which has been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. All travellers will still be required to present a negative PCR test taken 72 hours prior to departure and stay in certified [...]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory following Israel's fourth election in less than two years but the deeply divisive leader may again struggle to form a governing majority. Netanyahu, Israel's longest serving premier, had hoped that Tuesday's vote would finally allow him to unite a right-wing coalition behind him, after three inconclusive elections since [...]
The Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) is promoting the island destination in Israel, India, Russia, UAE, and certain Eastern European countries as restrictions continue to impede travel between Seychelles and the core traditional markets. This comes as Seychelles reopens its borders to visitors from any country except directly from South Africa on Thursday to relaunch its [...]
