Papua New Guinea says a multi-billion liquified natural gas (LNG) project will go ahead despite initial misgivings from new Prime Minister James Marape over the terms of the deal, prompting relief among investors. Clearing a cloud that had hung over the country's US$13 billion gas deal with ExxonMobil, Total and Australia's Oil Search, Petroleum Minister [...]
Aldabra House, a project aimed at bringing the remote Aldabra Atoll closer to the community, has been cancelled, the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) said. The cancellation comes after the plot of land that was designated for Aldabra House sits within an area undergoing extremely dense infrastructure development. Aldabra House was to be located on a [...]
Armed with assault rifles and clad in combat gear, two white men methodically gunned down nearly 30 people over the weekend, underscoring fears that "white terrorism" is now the main threat in the United States. Amid rising grief and a clamor for action after the shootings in Texas and Ohio, and earlier in several other [...]
Now called the ‘Golden Girl’ of Seychelles, Felicity Passon holds the country’s record for the greatest number of medals won at an Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) since the competition started 40 years ago. The 20-year-old swimmer finished the just-completed competition with seven gold medals, three silver and one bronze. Passon didn’t only win 11 [...]
The US and the Taliban will seek to thrash out elements of a deal to bring a close to Afghanistan's 18-year conflict in the second day of renewed talks in Doha on Sunday. The US, which invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban in 2001, wants to withdraw thousands of troops and turn the page on [...]
A second cohort of Zambian teachers is expected in Seychelles this month following the signing of a memorandum of understanding on Saturday to address an acute teacher shortage in the island nation. Under the new six-year agreement, 32 teachers from Zambia -- 23 for primary and nine for secondary schools – are expected in Seychelles ahead of [...]
The President of Maldives was the guest of honour at a cocktail organised by his Seychellois counterpart at State House on Friday evening. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih is in Seychelles on a two-day state visit. During Friday’s reception, President Danny Faure expressed his wish that Solih leaves with fond memories of a sister island nation. “Excellency, your presence here today is testimony [...]
The United States vowed to upgrade its cruise and ballistic missile capability as the collapse Friday of a Cold War nuclear pact with Russia triggered fears of a new arms race. As Washington placed the blame firmly on Moscow over the demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, President Donald Trump said any new [...]
Air Seychelles, the island nation's national carrier, has added an Airbus A320neo to its international fleet, becoming the first airline in the Indian Ocean and Africa to have the aircraft. The Airbus A320neo landed at the Seychelles international airport shortly after 1 p.m. on Friday after a 12-hour flight from Hamburg, Germany via Abu Dhabi. The aircraft, named “Veuve” after the [...]
Two men from Thailand's insurgency-hit "Deep South" have been arrested linked to several small bomb attacks which rattled Bangkok Friday as it hosted a regional summit attended by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, leaving four people wounded but not disrupting the diplomatic event. Thailand, which has a grim history of political violence and is [...]
