Members of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) have agreed to set up a platform to facilitate business and trade of agricultural products between its member states. Representatives of IOC's member states and its partners, including the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the International Fund for Food Agricultural Development (IFAD), met on Tuesday to discuss [...]
Authorities in Samoa asked unvaccinated families to display a red flag outside their homes on Wednesday to help a mass immunisation drive aimed at halting a measles epidemic that has killed dozens of children. The tiny Pacific nation of 200,000 will grind to a halt on Thursday and Friday as non-essential government services close so [...]
A new brandy made from the Seychelles' unique coco de mer, the world's biggest nut, is now available in Victoria, the capital, at a newly opened restaurant. 'La Cocofesse' is the brainchild of Seychellois businessman Wilson Nancy. It was officially launched recently at the Hilton Seychelles Labriz jetty in the northern Mahe district of [...]
The new head of the UN nuclear watchdog warned Tuesday against intimidating its inspectors after one of them had their accreditation revoked by Iran over an incident at a nuclear facility. "We don't want to make something out of proportion but this is a serious matter," Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic [...]
Tackling the drug problem in Seychelles is a top priority of the government, which views the country's methadone programme as a cost-effective method to deal with the threat, top officials said on Monday. The National Drug Control Master Plan 2019-2023 was inaugurated Monday by President Danny Faure. The master plan is an operational planning tool [...]
France has added Seychelles to its blacklist of tax havens because the island nation did not provide adequate information about some French offshore entities operating in their jurisdiction, a top French official said. Seychelles' Minister of Finance called the decision “hostile, regrettable and disappointing,” and noted that it would have a negative effect on Seychelles' economy, amid indications [...]
Confronted with a climate crisis threatening civilisation itself, humanity must choose between hope and surrender, UN chief Antonio Guterres told the opening plenary of a UN climate conference Monday. "One is the path of surrender, where we have sleep-walked past the point of no return, jeopardising the health and safety of everyone on this planet," [...]
Anse Source D’Argent and Anse Lazio of Seychelles' third- and second-most populated islands of La Digue and Praslin have been voted eighth and fifteen on the World’s Top 50 best beaches. Shipwreck beach of Zakynthos in Greece and Whitehaven beach in Australia were ranked first and second on the list. To create the World’s 50 [...]
Lawmakers in Mauritius on Monday picked former arts and culture minister Pritivirajsing Roopun as president of the island nation, a largely ceremonial post. His predecessor Ameenah Gurib-Fakim resigned in March 2018 after being embroiled in a scandal over her use of a credit card to buy luxury personal items. She denied wrongdoing. In Mauritius, the [...]
The Cancer Concern Association on Praslin, Seychelles’ second-largest island, organised a fund-raising activity to finance a hospice for individuals needing palliative care. ‘Brave the Shave’ which took place on Mahe, the main island, in October, was repeated on Praslin on Saturday. ‘Brave the Shave’ is an international fundraising activity whose proceeds go to cancer victims [...]
