The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth has commended Seychelles for its marine management record, leadership role within the blue economy and for leading on the issue of climate change. Patricia Scotland congratulated President Danny Faure on receiving the Planetary and Leadership award from the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., earlier this month during her visit [...]
The fisheries and economic partnerships between Seychelles and the European Union (EU) are solid, the outgoing Ambassador of the EU to Seychelles said on Tuesday. Marjaana Sall bid farewell to President Danny Faure at State House, Victoria. “Thanks to the fisheries and economic partnership agreements with Europe, Seychelles has become one of the top countries to [...]
Iran said Tuesday it will further free itself from the 2015 nuclear deal in defiance of new American sanctions as US President Donald Trump warned the Islamic republic of "overwhelming" retaliation for any attacks. Tensions between Iran and the US have spiralled since last year when Trump withdrew the United States from the deal under [...]
A seasonal delicacy in Seychelles -- bird eggs -- are in short supply and high in price this year. Sooty tern eggs, available from June until August are being collected only on Bird Island - the northernmost island of Seychelles, this year. Bird Island receives thousands of birds that come to the island to [...]
Ethiopia's army chief of staff has been shot, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on television Sunday as the government said it had thwarted an attempted coup in a regional state of this Horn of Africa nation. Abiy took to national television in the early hours dressed in military fatigues and announced that army chief Seare [...]
The first on-land coral nursery project launched in Seychelles last year by a community-based conservation group has been a success so far, with 80 individual corals having been grown and transplanted. However the Anse Forbans Community Conservation Programme – based in the southern district of Takamaka-- says that the continual rise in sea temperature and human [...]
Africa Cup of Nations debutants Madagascar secured a first ever point at the tournament on Saturday after an entertaining 2-2 draw against Guinea in their Group B opener in Alexandria. Guinea started without influential midfielder Naby Keita after his recent injury troubles but went ahead through Sory Kaba's confident finish on 34 minutes. Indian Ocean [...]
Seychelles’ sovereign credit rating has for the first time been upgraded to ‘BB’ and assigned a stable outlook in the newly published Fitch Ratings -- a New York-based credit agency. The announcement is a positive one for the country and is also a remarkable improvement, the Minister of Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning, Maurice [...]
After a two-year battle, Ralph Volcere won his petition asking the government to make regulations for the medical use of cannabis on May 31. Volcere made the petition in October 2017 on behalf of his mother, Marie-Therese Volcere, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and relies on the use of cannabis oil for treatment. The Seychelles’ Constitutional [...]
A state of emergency was extended by Sri Lanka's President Saturday, going back on pledges to relax the tough laws introduced after the Easter Sunday attacks that killed 258 people. Maithripala Sirisena said in a decree he believed there was a "public emergency" in the country, and was invoking provisions of the public security act [...]
