Lebanon's prime minister submitted his government's resignation on Tuesday, bowing to nearly two weeks of unprecedented nationwide protests against corruption and sectarianism. Saad Hariri's sombre televised address was met by cheers from crowds of protesters who have remained mobilised since October 17, crippling the country to press their demands. "It has become necessary for us [...]
A not-for-profit organisation has joined forces with Seychelles’ tourism department with the aim of increasing sustainable tourism’s best practices. The founder of Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Foundation (SSTF), Daniella Payet-Alis, and principal secretary for the tourism department, Anne Lafortune, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Monday. Under the MOU the two parties will collaborate on projects [...]
People with psychiatric disorders may want to pass on the joint -- at least until further research is done, a new Australian study suggests. The paper, published Monday in The Lancet Psychiatry, looked at 83 previous studies conducted over almost four decades on medical cannabinoids, including products from the cannabis plant, such as leaves, buds [...]
The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, has congratulated the newly re-elected President of Mozambique, Filip Nyusi, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday. “On this occasion, the government and people of Seychelles join me in extending our warmest and most sincere congratulations to you, to the government and to the people of Mozambique, following this [...]
The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is supporting Seychelles with a project to draft a National Forest Policy. The $275,000 project is expected to be implemented over an 18-month period. It will include training, forest policy analysis and public consultations. The signing ceremony for the project took place Monday between Seychelles’ Minister for Energy, [...]
The British Prime Minister is expected to make a fresh attempt Tuesday to force an early election, despite MPs rejecting his plan, after the European Union agreed to postpone Brexit for up to three months. MPs defeated a third attempt on Monday by Boris Johnson to call a snap poll, with the Conservative leader immediately [...]
Seychelles is for the first time hosting the forum for Southern African Chief Justices in which participants reflect on critical issues impacting justice delivery in the region. Ten chief justices and senior court administrators from 12 countries across southern and eastern Africa are participating in the two-day forum at the Savoy Resort in the northern Mahe district [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron vowed no let up in his drive to implement far-reaching pension reforms despite a looming winter of strikes by unions angered by the plan, in an interview broadcast on Monday. Macron told RTL radio that there would be "no complacency or weakness" in pushing through the changes, even if it risked [...]
The Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) plans to introduce surveillance control as the aviation body opens tenders for the modernisation of its air traffic management system. An air traffic management system is a group of software, hardware and processes that work together to provide services to aircraft. It is the primary tool of work for [...]
California's governor declared a state-wide emergency on Sunday as a huge wind-fueled blaze forced evacuations and massive power blackouts, threatening towns in the famed Sonoma wine region. The so-called Kincade Fire, north of San Francisco, has spread to 30,000 acres (12,000 hectares) and was only 10 percent contained by Sunday evening, state fire authorities said. [...]
