Leaders of the West African group ECOWAS on Thursday began talks on Mali following a military coup that sent shockwaves around the region. Rebel soldiers took power on Tuesday after detaining President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse in the capital Bamako following months of protests. Opening the video summit, Niger President Mahamadou [...]
The Seychelles Petroleum Company (SEYPEC) has projected a loss of SCR 83 million ($5 million) in revenue this year as a result of a decrease in domestic consumption of fuel but yearly return will not be affected, a top official said on Thursday. The company's chief executive, Conrad Benoiton, told a press conference that consumption [...]
A waste-sorting and new collection system project is expected to start in Perseverance next year as part of efforts to better manage waste in Seychelles, which is fast becoming a major problem for the island nation. The chief executive of the Land Waste Management Agency (LWMA), Flavien Joubert, told SNA that in the past two [...]
Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have conducted a new study that is providing an understanding of what might have led to the extreme size of the Seychelles' coco de mer seed and its related palm trees. A researcher at the Garden, Sidonie Bellot, and leader of the study told SNA that several conditions [...]
A man who rescued an 8-year-old girl screaming for help from inside a burning house was commended for his heroic act by Seychelle's president at State House on Wednesday. Cliff Mathiot, who is also a father, told the press that he did what needed to be done to save the girl from a burning house [...]
Mauritian authorities yesterday arrested the Indian captain of a Japanese-owned ship wrecked off the island nation's coast, spewing tonnes of oil into pristine waters, police said. The MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef on July 25 and began oozing oil more than a week later, spilling more than 1,000 tonnes into blue waters popular [...]
English River secondary school students and teachers in Seychelles will start the third term in renovated classrooms funded under India’s grant assistance. The $125,000 project covered construction of boundary walls, external painting, and improved windows, doors and floors. The Indian High Commissioner to Seychelles, Dalbir Singh Suhag, said he is delighted to note that “the [...]
South Africa is reeling from coronavirus-linked corruption scandals that have battered President Cyril Ramaphosa's credibility and the country's image abroad, but spurred unprecedented efforts to boost transparency. The outcry began with reports that local government officials were hoarding and selling food donations meant for families without income during lockdown. Then some hospitals found that state [...]
Seychelles has its first female commercial helicopter pilot as a local company seeks to hire residents in long-term positions. Vanessa Gendron, a 27-year-old Seychellois, graduated on July 18 as a commercial helicopter pilot from Palm Beach Helicopters, a helicopter flight-training academy in the United States. Gendron is working for Zil Air, a provider of helicopter [...]
Five Spanish seafarers on the fishing fleet operating in the Seychelles’ waters who were already at sea have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to six active cases in the island nation, a top health official said on Tuesday. The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, told a press conference that seafarers on one [...]
