Pope Francis flies out on Wednesday for a week-long tour visiting three Indian Ocean African countries hard hit by poverty, conflict and natural disaster. The pope will visit Mozambique and Madagascar, as well as Mauritius, countries visited by pope John Paul II in 1988 and 1999. Commentators see the pope's decision to visit two of [...]
Spiritual preparation has started in Seychelles for Pope Francis’ first visit to the Indian Ocean region from September 4-10, as a special mass is celebrated on Sunday at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in the capital city of Victoria. A delegation of around 60 people, headed by the Bishop of Seychelles’ Roman Catholic Diocese, [...]
Chaos engulfed the heart of Hong Kong late Saturday, as police fired tear gas and water cannon at pro-democracy protesters who defied a ban on rallying, set fires, and hurled petrol bombs in some of the most intense clashes in months. Police had banned the demonstration on security grounds, and on Friday arrested several key [...]
Seychelles will receive a grant of $ 15 million (SCR204 million) to support its marine security efforts from the Japanese government, State House said on Saturday. The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, held bilateral discussions with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe on Saturday morning. In thanking the Japanese Prime Minister, Faure said, “To complement this and to reinforce our long [...]
Seychelles will receive a grant of $ 7.1 million (SCR100 million) to support its marine security efforts from the Japanese government, State House said on Saturday. The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, held bilateral discussions with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe on Saturday morning. In thanking the Japanese Prime Minister, Faure said, “To complement this and to reinforce our long [...]
An Irish chef from the Hilton Northolme Seychelles has come up with sustainable and innovative ways of cooking by creating a whole new gastronomical experience using mostly local produce. Kevin Coey, who hails from Northern Ireland, met with some curious journalists this month to showcase dishes created with products taken from the Seychelles’ environment. The [...]
Hurricane Dorian strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" storm on Friday as it bore down on the Bahamas and the east coast of the US state of Florida. Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis urged residents of the Atlantic Ocean archipelago in the path of the "very powerful and potentially life-threatening hurricane" to seek safety. The Miami-based [...]
A prosperous Africa is reliant on peace and stability which are essential catalysts for sustainable development, the President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, said at an international conference in Japan. Faure was addressing the plenary session on ‘Strengthening Peace and Stability’ at the seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) on Friday, said State House. “The safety [...]
Health officers in Seychelles met to validate the country’s version of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) in a workshop held on Thursday. Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response is a comprehensive, evidence-based strategy for strengthening national public health surveillance and response systems in African countries. First rolled out in 2002, the [...]
Six UN Security Council members on Wednesday blocked a move to include Somali jihadist group Al-Shabaab on a list of organizations such as Al-Qaeda that are under international sanctions, diplomatic sources said. Several NGOs and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs recently stepped in to oppose the classification, which would have effectively [...]
