At President Donald Trump's direction, Washington intends to scrap the preferential trade status granted to India and Turkey, the US trade chief's office said Monday. The move comes as the US and China seek to negotiate an exit from a costly trade war between the two countries that is part of the Trump administration's efforts [...]
Seven Seychellois researchers have received grants from Nekton Mission and Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT) to take part in an underwater expedition that will explore the depths of up to 500 metres of Seychelles' waters. Jennifer Appoo, Sheena Talma, Damien Labiche, Clara Belmont, Andrew Souffre, Stephanie Marie and Jeanne Mortimer were chosen based [...]
The leaders in the National Assembly gave their responses to President Danny Faure's State of the Nation's Address on Monday. The leader of Seychelles' opposition said that Faure's address last week offered no hope and no vision for a better future. Wavel Ramkalawan said Faure's speech reflected a leader who was scared of losing an election. [...]
A lemur loose in Seychelles since early 2018 has been caught. The National Biosecurity Agency is consulting with other authorities to determine the best way to deal with the exotic species. The lemur -- nicknamed King Julian locally -- was caught last Thursday in one of the traps set by a team from the agency at Sans [...]
Rwandan director Joel Karekezi's "The Mercy of the Jungle" on Saturday scooped best film at Africa's top film festival, following a fierce debate about gender equality and sexual aggression in the continent's movie industry. The film was among 20 vying for the top Golden Stallion of Yennenga award at the Pan-African Film and Television Festival [...]
A Seychellois won the Rising Star Young Chef award at the fifth edition of the International Young Chef Olympiad, held in Bangalore, India, earlier this month. Tracy Uranie, 17, is in her second year of studies at the Seychelles Tourism Academy. Uranie is the first Seychellois to receive such an award at the competition, which the [...]
Australia is ramping up efforts to tackle an oil spill from a cargo ship stranded in World Heritage-listed waters in the Solomon Islands as fears grow of spiralling environmental damage, Canberra said Sunday. MV Solomon Trader ran aground on February 5 while loading bauxite at remote Rennell Island, some 240 kilometres (150 miles) south of [...]
Africa's top film festival heads to a climax on Saturday after a fierce debate about gender equality and sexual aggression in the continent's movie industry. In its half-century of history, the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco) has never awarded its top prize to a female director -- a fact that faced uncomfortable [...]
The Seychelles Human Rights Commission is ready to investigate alleged violations of human rights, and to assist victims of such violations to seek redress, now that four out of its five members were sworn in on Friday. The swearing-in ceremony took place before President Danny Faure, at State House. The Vice‑Chairperson and three other Commissioners [...]
Air Seychelles will be suspending its Abu Dhabi services and increasing flights to Mumbai starting in May as part of the company’s business transformation plan, the airline said Friday. The chief executive of the airline, Remco Althuis, said after closely monitoring the performance of the Abu Dhabi route and considering all options, Air Seychelles decided to suspend [...]
