The latest census by the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) shows that the coco de mer population on Praslin, the second most populated island, is increasing and stable. The SIF's science coordinator, Dr Annabelle Constance, revealed the findings of the study during a recent press conference. The study, funded under the Frank Linear project, included Vallee de Mai, [...]
The outgoing United Nations humanitarian chief warned Wednesday that a spread of the Israel-Hamas war to Lebanon would be "potentially apocalyptic", as fighting raged in the southern Gaza Strip. Martin Griffiths described Lebanon as "the flashpoint beyond all flashpoints", especially its southern border with Israel which has seen daily cross-border violence since the October 7 [...]
Kenyan demonstrators prepared to resume protests Thursday, a day after President William Ruto made a dramatic U-turn and withdrew contentious tax hikes following deadly rallies earlier in the week. The demonstrations were sparked last week by the 2024 finance bill and took Ruto's government by surprise as the initially peaceful rallies gathered momentum across the [...]
Alcohol kills nearly three million people annually, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, adding that while the death rate had dropped slightly in recent years it remained "unacceptably high". The United Nations health agency's latest report on alcohol and health said alcohol causes nearly one in 20 deaths globally each year, through drink driving, [...]
Air Seychelles is partnering with ExecuJet, a leading global business aviation company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, to provide exclusive VIP fixed-base operator (FBO) services in Seychelles, the airline announced on Tuesday. According to SKYbrary, the term FBO is given to a commercial enterprise that has been granted the right by an airport authority to operate in that [...]
The new managing director of the Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) in Seychelles, Desire Leo, discussed the financial institution's role in the community and the economy's development in his meeting with President Wavel Ramkalawan on Tuesday. Leo, who is Mauritian and worked at the MCB Group headquarters in Port Louis as Head of Development, was part of [...]
Kenyan President William Ruto vowed to take a tough line against "violence and anarchy" on Tuesday, after protests against his government's proposed tax hikes turned deadly and demonstrators ransacked parliament. Mainly youth-led demonstrations had been largely peaceful as they grew over the past week but chaos erupted in Nairobi on Tuesday, with crowds throwing stones [...]
The monetary policy rate (MPR) will remain at 1.75 percent for the third quarter of 2024, a top official of the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) said on Tuesday. The decision comes in light of the ongoing positive performance of the tourism industry, which continues to support economic activity in Seychelles. The governor of the CBS, Caroline [...]
Authorities in Seychelles have identified four locations as priority areas for the coastal infrastructure development project, a top official said on Monday. The chosen areas are the eastern Mahe district of Au Cap, North East Point and Beau Vallon in the north of Mahe, and Anse La Blague on Praslin. The Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron and King Abdullah II of Jordan Monday called on Israel to lift all land-based "restrictions" on the delivery of aid to war-torn Gaza, the presidency said. UN agencies have repeatedly warned of severe shortages of vital supplies in Gaza, exacerbated by restrictions on access by land and the closure of the [...]
