Environmentalists in Seychelles are raising concerns over the impact that the construction of a new dam may have on the critically endangered jellyfish trees known locally as bwa mediz. The new dam in the western district of Grand Anse Mahe is planned in an area where the bwa mediz grows in its natural state. The [...]
Brazil on Monday rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, with a top official telling French President Emmanuel Macron to take care of "his home and his colonies." "We appreciate (the offer), but maybe those resources are more relevant to reforest Europe," Onyx Lorenzoni, chief of staff to President Jair Bolsonaro, [...]
Issues surrounding migration in the region -- including maritime security, climate change, human trafficking and health risks -- are being discussed in Seychelles this week by members of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC). The discussions are part of a three-day consultative meeting on the establishment of a Migration Dialogue for the Indian Ocean Commission Countries [...]
The Democratic Republic of Congo announced a coalition government Monday, seven months after the inauguration of new President Felix Tshisekedi. "The government is finally here. The president has signed the decree and we will begin work soon," Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga told reporters before the members of the new government were announced by the presidency's [...]
The Seychellois football club Cote d’Or has advanced to the next round of the Total Champions League competition of the Confederation of African Football for the first time after a 1-1 draw against Fomboni FC from Comoros. The Comorian side was the first to score in the match at Stad Linite on Friday through Mouhtare Nourdine [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron gambled by inviting Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to the G7 summit on Sunday in a high-stakes diplomatic flourish that he hopes will help de-escalate rising tensions in the Gulf. Macron has over the last months sought to play the prime mediation role between the West and Iran after US [...]
Maia Luxury Resort & Spa has been certified with the Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label as a responsible hotel with well- established sustainability practices. The resort received the certification from the Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports & Marine, Didier Dogley, in a short ceremony on Tuesday. Maia Luxury Resort & Spa is the 21st hotel to be certified and [...]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Sunday seek to persuade President Donald Trump to offer flexibility on trade and also win concessions from the EU on Brexit, at a G7 summit hosted by France marked by stark divisions. Johnson was to hold his long-awaited first face-to-face meeting as premier with Trump in the southern [...]
The United Seychelles political party (US) has endorsed the incumbent President Danny Faure as the party’s candidate for the next presidential elections expected to take place in the fourth quarter of 2020. Faure’s nomination was endorsed at the party’s 33rd annual congress held on Saturday at the Seychelles Trading Company’s conference centre in the capital, Victoria. Speaking [...]
The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, will attend a series of exclusive high-level international events set to bring new development opportunities to the island nation, State House said on Friday. The first meeting Faure will attend is the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7) from August 28 to 30 in Yokohama Japan. This year’s event [...]
