Seychelles is the fourth-most competitive nation in Africa out of 37 countries ranked in the 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report, scoring high marks in health and macro-economic stability. The island nation was ranked 76 out of 141countries and territories on the index, which is published by the World Economic Forum. The index uses [...]
The number of ultra-wealthy individuals dipped in China this year, a report said Thursday, as the government seeks to rebalance the economy and tackle high levels of toxic debt. Those listed as the wealthiest -- with holdings worth at least 2 billion yuan ($281 million) -- fell to 1,819 this year, down from 1,893 last [...]
Sailor Rodney Govinden is the first Seychellois athlete to qualify for the Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo, Japan scheduled for July 24 to August 9. Govinden booked a place in the Games after winning a gold medal in the African Laser Championship in Algeria, which ended on Sunday, while competing against 14 sailors from Africa. This [...]
The UN Security Council ended 15 years of peacekeeping operations in Haiti on Tuesday, voicing regret that the country is still saddled with huge economic, political and social woes. The United Nations first sent peacekeepers to Haiti after then-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide was overthrown by the army in 2004 under the pressure of a popular uprising. [...]
Cooperation in the field of health and education remains among the top priorities for bilateral relations between Serbia and Seychelles, said the newly accredited Serbian Ambassador. Aleksander Ristic, the new ambassador of Serbia to Seychelles, presented his credentials to President Danny Faure at State House, Victoria, on Tuesday. “I talked to the president and was [...]
Kurdish forces held out in a key border town Tuesday seven days into a deadly Turkish invasion of northeastern Syria that has caused mass displacement and reshaped the political map. The United States slapped sanctions on its NATO ally in a bid to stop an assault that its own troop withdrawal from the area triggered [...]
A national census is expected to start over the course of this month to assess the endangered species of Seychelles. The annual exercise is being undertaken by the Ministry for Environment, Energy and Climate Change with the assistance of local consultants. Ashley Dias, director for biodiversity conservation said the census seeks to provide updated information on some of the island [...]
Mozambique holds a general election on Tuesday that will test the country's fragile peace as the Frelimo party, faced with economic crisis and chronic conflict, prepares to relinquish at least some control after 44 years in power. The impoverished southern African nation has seen one of the most violent campaigns in its brief and turbulent [...]
The opening of the broodstock, acclimation and quarantine facility at the Providence Fishing Port marks the official opening of aquaculture as an industry in Seychelles. Managed by the Seychelles Fisheries Authority (SFA), the facility was opened on Monday by President Danny Faure in the presence of the newly accredited EU Ambassador to the island nation – Vincent Degert. [...]
Britain and the European Union on Monday entered a pivotal week that will determine if they are still on course to reach amicable divorce terms -- and when Brexit might finally occur. Queen Elizabeth II is due to step into the fray by performing her ceremonial duty of informing parliament about the government's agenda for [...]
