Seychellois researchers will now have a platform to share their findings thanks to a journal launched by the University of Seychelles (UniSey) recently. The Seychelles Research Journal is an online publication that will come out twice a year, in February and August. The journal succeeds an early UniSey publication -- Island Studies: Indian Ocean -- [...]
The arrival of Chinese immigrants to Seychelles has had a profound affect on the country, from politics to religion to business. The names Sham Peng Tong, Chow, Man-Cham, Chang-Him, Ah Moye, and Fayon among others can commonly be found in Seychelles, in schools, offices, church and the business sector. The first Chinese immigrants arrived on the [...]
The last four years were the hottest since global temperature records began, the UN confirmed Wednesday in an analysis that it said was a "clear sign of continuing long-term climate change." The UN's World Meterological Organization said in November that 2018 was set to be the fourth warmest year in recorded history, stressing the urgent [...]
Conservation of the environment and development of the blue economy are two areas of cooperation the newly appointed ambassador of Brazil to Seychelles has outlined as a top priority during his mandate. Speaking to the press after presenting his credentials to President Danny Faure on Tuesday at State House, Victoria, Ambassador Antonio Cesar said that these [...]
President Donald Trump's call for a bipartisan commitment to eradicate HIV in the United States within a decade has been welcomed by experts and advocacy organizations even as major challenges remain. Addressing Congress during the annual State of the Union speech, Trump hailed what he called recent breakthroughs which "have brought a once-distant dream within [...]
Seychelles will become the fourth country in the world and the first one in Africa to host an elite junior swimming competition of the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The island nation will host the World Junior Open Water swimming championships in 2020, an event is held every two years. “This is another historical moment for [...]
Weary residents in Australia's flood-hit northeast returned home Wednesday to begin a massive clean-up after almost two weeks of heavy rain, as the wild weather moved south to inundate more towns. Communities remain cut off and thousands are still without power in the state of Queensland, but the weather bureau said the downpours that have [...]
Tourism is one of the main sectors of Seychelles’ economy that newly accredited Italian ambassador to the island nation will continue to focus on during his mandate. Alberto Pieri made the statement to the press on Tuesday after he presented his credentials to President Danny Faure at State House, Victoria. “We would like to further stimulate the [...]
The Chinese community in the Seychelles will soon get a new place to meet and exchange as a new Chinese Cultural Centre is set to complete in four months’ time. The centre - right in the heart of Victoria - will be also a place where all Seychellois can hang out and get to learn [...]
President Ashraf Ghani is being pushed to the sidelines as the Taliban ignores his overtures for peace and negotiates instead with his friends, and enemies, over the future of Afghanistan. From Doha to Moscow, the insurgents are meeting an array of envoys with competing interests in Afghanistan, from the United States eager to withdraw their [...]
