Sri Lanka Tuesday announced it is entering into partnership with India and Japan to develop a deep-sea container terminal next to a controversial $500-million Chinese-run container jetty in Colombo harbour. The state-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) said a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) had been signed between the three countries to develop what is known [...]
An international organisation aimed at ensuring good governance, transparency and accountability within the global fisheries sector will now be based in Seychelles. The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) International Secretariat will be located in the island nation as a result of a pledge made by Seychelles last year. Seychelles pledged to host the Secretariat at the [...]
Hundreds of tonnes of imported plastic waste will be shipped back to where it came from, Malaysia said Tuesday, insisting the country did not want to be a global dumping ground. Around 300 million tonnes of plastic are produced every year, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), with much of it ending up [...]
Reactions are mixed in response to the announcement of President Danny Faure on Monday that he is asking the Electoral Commission to organise a referendum for electorates to decide on whether or not non-residents can vote in elections in Seychelles. On Tuesday, Roger Mancienne, the leader of the opposition coalition, Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) said in a press release that the [...]
Comoran President Azali Assoumani took the oath of office this week, two months after his controversial re-election, pledging to take "appeasement measures" to quell accusations of election fraud. Azali was credited with nearly 60 percent of the vote in the March polls, an outcome rejected as fraudulent by the opposition along with many observers. His [...]
German marathon runner Hanno Rheineck has added a new country to his list, making it 124 after competing in the Seychelles Ephelia eco-healing race on Saturday. The 76-year-old took part in the 5 kilometre-Master's 2 race sponsored by the Ephelia Resort and Spa, a five-star hotel located on the western part of the main island Mahe. [...]
Sudan is bracing for a two-day nationwide strike from Tuesday called by protesters to pile pressure on the military to hand power to a civilian administration as talks remain deadlocked. Leaders of the umbrella protest movement, the Alliance for Freedom and Change, and army generals who seized power after ousting president Omar al-Bashir last month, [...]
The Seychelles’ President, Danny Faure, is asking the Electoral Commission to organise a referendum for electorates to decide on whether a Seychellois living abroad can vote in any elections organised in the island nation. In an address on televisions and radio stations on Monday, Faure said that the time has come before a presidential election is [...]
Veterinary services for domestic animals in Seychelles have been handed over to the private sector in line with new developments in the agricultural sector under a newly signed agreement. Under the agreement, arrangements have been made for private vets to provide veterinary services to domestic animals and pets with the aim of improving this service [...]
Europe's mainstream political parties took a hit in elections on Sunday but held off a strong surge by the populist right of Marine Le Pen, Matteo Salvini and Nigel Farage. In one of the world's biggest democratic votes, the main centre-right and centre-left groups lost their combined majority in the European Parliament in the face [...]
