Seychelles is asking the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) to engage all its regional members to commit to sustainable fishing and stop using banned gear, a position that supports a European body representing fishermen. The statement made by the Seychelles' fisheries' minister, Jean-Francois Ferrari, in a press conference on Wednesday comes after a press communique [...]
Seychelles' Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) committee is preparing a country position on virtual assets and their service providers, in line with the National Fintech Strategy, agenda, according to the Central Bank. The Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) issued the statement following a recent article by Reuters about Seychelles-based KuCoin, the [...]
Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was among three people killed on Monday when a UN convoy was ambushed in the country's troubled east, violence the DRC's president called a "terrorist attack" and that was blamed on a Rwandan Hutu rebel group.Luca Attanasio died of his wounds after a World Food Programme (WFP) [...]
Haiti's President Jovenel Moise told the UN Security Council on Monday that "democracy was doing well in Haiti" despite its ongoing political crisis, an assertion challenged by the United States, which called on him to quickly put an end to his era of "rule by decree."Moise has been ruling by decree for a year because [...]
The Seychelles' health authority is increasing the interval between the first and second dose of the Covishield vaccine as per the recommendation of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Ministry of Health said on Monday that the second dose of the vaccine will be administered eight weeks after the first. The Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, also [...]
The lobster harvesting season in Seychelles is facing challenges posed by unlicensed fishers and the catching of undersized species, the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) said, while fishers say the sea has been rough and demand lower than usual because of the COVID-19 travel downturn. The season, which is open from December 21, 2020, through March 21, [...]
More than 500,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the United States since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University on Monday, by far the highest reported toll of any country.The catastrophic US figure comes as some signs of hope are emerging in the world's hardest-hit country, with millions of people now vaccinated and [...]
The Seychelles' national carrier, Air Seychelles, will not make any payment for its partnership agreement with Etihad Airways this year while further negotiations continue, State House said on Monday, following a visit to UAE by President Wavel Ramkalawan. Ramkalawan made an official visit to UAE during the weekend accompanied by Sylvestre Radegonde, the Minister of [...]
A sum of SCR50,000 ($2,350) has been set as the threshold for commercial banks in Seychelles to acquire information on purposes of transactions while dealing with their clients, said a top official of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). The director of FIU, Richard Rampal, told reporters that the threshold has been set because there were [...]
The number of coronavirus vaccine doses administered worldwide passed 200 million Saturday, an AFP count showed, as wealthy G7 countries pledged to more than double aid to support access for the less well-off. With 45 percent of injections so far among the rich club -- which accounts for just 10 percent of the global population [...]
