Seychelles is committed to improving universal health coverage management through people-centred systems, President Danny Faure told fellow leaders at the Nairobi Summit, State House said on Tuesday. This is one of the several targets Seychelles is committed to attain in the health and social development arena, Faure pledged at the summit of the International Conference on Population [...]
A newly signed protocol between Seychelles and China will give fish and aquatic product processers in the island nation access to a bigger export market. “The agreement sets a framework under which we can export our fish and aquatic product. In 2017, we encountered a problem, where one of our exporters was unable to clear a species [...]
A deputy senate speaker proclaimed herself Bolivia's new interim president Tuesday as Evo Morales' opponents sought to end civil turmoil and fill the power vacuum left by his abrupt resignation as president. Lawmakers had been summoned to formalize Sunday's resignation and confirm Jeanine Anez, 52, as interim president. Instead, Anez declared herself interim president when [...]
Plaintiffs in two cases of contaminated water at La Misere filed before the Seychelles Supreme Court agreed on a settlement and withdrew their complaints, their lawyer said on Tuesday. The five complainants who filed their cases eight years ago were demanding that the Associated Contracting and Consulting Limited (Ascon) acknowledge that pollution had occurred. They were [...]
Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth's coalition has strengthened its grip on parliament after Mauritius' electoral commission finalised the outcome of the election in the Indian Ocean nation. Jugnauth's centre-right Morisian Alliance won four more seats in the final allocation to hold 42 of 70 seats following Thursday's vote, the commission said late Saturday. Mauritius is predominantly [...]
The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, will attend the summit of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Kenya from November 12-14, State House said on Monday. The conference at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi will this year celebrate its 25th anniversary. During the Nairobi Summit, around 800 delegates will deliberate on reproductive health and human rights among [...]
The Seychelles' renowned clock tower is chiming once again following repair work done on the national monument to replace the inner mechanism, which blew up a few weeks back. Two experts from the UK-based company Gillett and Johnston carried out the work on Friday and Saturday, after assessing the clock’s structure together with its internal gabbing. The firm, [...]
Thousands of firefighters fanned out across eastern Australia Tuesday as gale-force winds, scorching temperatures and tinder-dry bushland brought "catastrophic" fire conditions. Dozens of bushfires were already burning out of control as temperatures were expected to climb toward 40 degrees celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and winds were forecast to top 60 kilometres (40 miles) per hour in [...]
The death toll from a cyclone that barrelled into the coasts of Bangladesh and India has risen to 24, authorities said Monday, as the two nations assess the scale of devastation wreaked by the powerful storm. Bangladesh carried out one of its biggest ever evacuation drives, moving some 2.1 million people to cyclone shelters specially [...]
Seychelles Breweries Limited (SBL), the only local beverage company in Seychelles, has announced plans to export its signature beer – Seybrew – to three countries: Australia, the United Kingdom and Germany. The company revealed its plan during a press conference recently to announce its strong financial performance with an increase in revenue and profits for [...]
