Twenty-five tonnes of waste -- including some 50,000 flip-flops -- were collected in a five-week clean-up on the Seychelles’ remote atoll of Aldabra. Five volunteers from the University of Oxford and seven from Seychelles joined the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) team on Aldabra for the clean-up project aimed at clearing the island of man-made rubbish, [...]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared best placed to form a governing coalition Wednesday after high-stakes Israeli elections, exit polls showed, but remained in a tight race with his main rival as votes were being counted. Both Netanyahu and ex-military chief Benny Gantz claimed victory after initial exit surveys were released by Israel's three main television [...]
Seychelles can expect to benefit in the fields of maritime and agriculture through cooperation with Georgia, said the newly accredited Georgian ambassador to Seychelles on Tuesday. After presenting his credentials to President Danny Faure at State House, Victoria, Ambassador Zurab Dvalishvili said that Seychelles can benefit from Georgia as the country has “certain experience in agriculture and in [...]
Britain will make social media bosses personally liable for harmful content and shut down offending platforms under a "world-leading" government plan published Monday in response to the spread of online abuses and crimes. The long-delayed and eagerly anticipated proposals lay the groundwork for legislation that could be passed in the coming months. They were drawn [...]
Seychelles has set up a local branch of the ‘Droits Humains Ocean Indien’ (DIS-MOI) -- a regional group advocating for human rights. The launching took place last Tuesday during a seminar on human rights education training at the Care House in the Seychelles’ capital, Victoria. Prior to the launching, 20 Seychellois did a three-week online training [...]
Sudanese protesters on Monday sought talks with the army on forming a transitional government, as thousands braved a deadly crackdown by security agents for a third day to urge the military to back them. The northeast African country has been rocked by more than three months of protests that erupted over a hike in bread [...]
The Indian High Commissioner is saying farewell to Seychelles after working for two years in the island nation. Ausaf Sayeed was accredited in February 2017, and during his mandate, Seychelles and India have collaborated in numerous fields. SNA met with Sayeed to look at his achievements during his tenure as Indian High Commissioner to Seychelles. [...]
Russia on Sunday blocked a UN Security Council statement that would have called on forces loyal to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar to halt their advance on Tripoli, diplomats said. Moscow insisted that the formal statement urge all Libyan forces to stop fighting, but the proposed change was opposed by the United States, council diplomats said. [...]
Seychellois who renounced their nationality after marrying a foreigner from a country that does not accept dual citizenship might soon be able to reapply without undergoing a rigorous process, said a top official. The principal secretary for Immigration and Civil Status, Alain Volcere, said that this will be made possible through a national review that [...]
Iranian authorities ordered the evacuation of six cities along the Karkheh river in southwestern Khuzestan province on Saturday after more rain sparked fears of new flooding, state news agency IRNA said. Six cities alongside Karkheh river in southwestern Iran "must be evacuated as soon as possible," Khuzestan governor Gholamreza Shariati told IRNA. The oil-rich province [...]
