In the best-case scenario, the economic hit from the epidemic in China will be short-lived, but it comes as the global economy remains fragile, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Wednesday. Beset by many other risks, including the paused but still-unresolved US-China trade war, the world is not in a good position to deal with a [...]
A German tourist can add "fruit bat rescuer" to her CV after a visit to a reserve on Seychelles' third largest island, La Digue. The rescue happened February 4 as Auja Simone toured Veuve Reserve with ranger Elsie Pierre when the two heard a noise in the bushes. The tourist and ranger searched the area and [...]
The Speaker of the Seychelles' National Assembly, Nicholas Prea, resigned as the secretary general of the Seychelles National Party (SNP) on Monday with immediate effect but will remain an ordinary member. According to a press communique from the secretariat of the National Assembly on Tuesday, Prea wrote to the leader of SNP, Wavel Ramkalawan, and the [...]
The fact that Seychelles has designated 30 percent of its marine areas as protected long before its 2030 deadline is an example that other nations should follow, an American marine biologist said Tuesday. "Now there is this global movement to say we have to protect at least 30 percent of the ocean, where many are [...]
The World Health Organization has warned against a global over-reaction to the new coronavirus epidemic following panic-buying, event cancellations and concerns about cruise ship travel, as China's official death toll neared 1,900 on Tuesday. More than 72,000 people have now been infected in China and hundreds more abroad, although the WHO stressed the disease has [...]
Foreigners in Seychelles can hold shares in a yachting company or own a yacht depending on how large the fleet is and the length of the boat in line with a revised policy, said a top government official. "If a yacht charter company only has one to three yachts in its fleet, the company must [...]
Fifteen women and five children were trampled to death on Monday in a stampede for food and money for refugees in southeast Niger, a regional governor said. The accident occurred at a youth and culture centre in Diffa, the main town of a region of the same name that hosts more than a quarter of [...]
The United Arab Emirates said Monday it has issued a licence for a reactor at its Barakah nuclear power plant, the first in the Arab world, hailing a "historic moment". The national nuclear regulator "has approved the issuance" of the operating licence for the first of four reactors at the plant, said Hamad al-Kaabi, the [...]
All necessary measures will be taken to mitigate the impact on the environment during the construction of Seychelles' first utility-scale floating solar photovoltaic (PV) system, said a government official. The chief executive of the Seychelles Energy Commission, Tony Imaduwa, gave the assurance during a consultative meeting on Saturday in the central Mahe district of Les Mamelles. The [...]
The year 2019 saw strong growth in tourism in Seychelles, with a 6 percent rise in visitor arrivals. To be exact 384,204 tourists seeking sun, sand and relaxation visited the island nation last year. That growth follows efforts by the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) here and abroad, including from Edith Hunzinger director of STB’s office [...]
