Identifying the key sources, pathways, hotspots, and impacts of marine litter and microplastics were the aim of a 10-day training in Seychelles to improve the data collection capacity of environmental officers. “The training was done with the aim of showing how data should be collected in Seychelles on different plastic debris that goes into our [...]
In the desolation left after Hurricane Dorian carved a murderous path across the northern Bahamas, six men dressed in immaculate white overalls zip a corpse into a body bag. Hands and face protected by latex gloves and masks, they hoist their grim discovery onto an old flatbed truck alongside other victims, hopping on board themselves. [...]
In March the Vatican announced that Pope Francis would visit flood-ravaged Mozambique and the island nations Madagascar and Mauritius. Pope Francis’ visit to the region started on September 4 and will end on September 10. A delegation from Seychelles – a group of 115 islands from the western Indian Ocean – will be attending the main event in neighboring Mauritius [...]
Paul Dihi treads cautiously through the charred carcass of his two-story shop building, taking a heartbreaking tally of the destruction wrought by xenophobic violence that raged through parts of South Africa in recent days. Dihi, who rented space to shopkeepers from Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe among others, said he received a late night call [...]
A Sri Lankan national who pleaded guilty for fishing illegally in the Seychelles’ waters will be repatriated to his country as a prohibited immigrant as part of the sentence imposed by the Supreme Court. According to court record obtained on Wednesday, Kostawatta Thamel was caught fishing in the waters of Seychelles on February 28 onboard a Sri Lankan-flagged [...]
The Seychelles' mens national football team will start its qualifying matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup this week. The Seychelles’ side will face Rwanda on home ground on Thursday, September 5 at 4 p.m. Stad Linite in the first leg. The second leg will be played in Rwanda on September 10. The Seychelles Pirates already has [...]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government was left in limbo on Wednesday after MPs voted to derail his Brexit plan and rejected his call for an early election to break the political deadlock. Just six weeks after taking office, Johnson lost his majority in the House of Commons as his own MPs joined opposition parties [...]
The challenge for Seychelles today remains sustainable development mechanisms to continue to grow while preserving the environment, President Danny Faure said in a meeting with the founder of the World Economic Forum. Faure met with Klaus Schwab who is also the executive chairperson of the Forum on Wednesday, State House said, in the margins of the World Economic [...]
Two Seychellois citizens were arrested in Brazil in June in possession of cocaine, the Anti- Narcotics Bureau (ANB) of Seychelles said Wednesday. The Bureau said the Embassy of Brazil for Seychelles based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania confirmed the arrest of the two Seychellois citizens on June 25 through the Seychelles’ Department of Foreign Affairs. The two Seychellois [...]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would boost ties with Moscow as he met President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin's showcase economic forum in the Russian Far East on Wednesday. Russia has hosted the three-day forum in its Pacific coast city of Vladivostok since 2015 to boost partnerships with Asian countries amid tensions with [...]
