The Ocean Health Index (OHI) has ranked Seychelles first in Africa after the latest global assessment of ocean health. Globally the island nation came out 33rd amongst 220 countries and territories. Morocco and Egypt were ranked second and third on the continent. The ranking is another important milestone for the archipelago after one of its [...]
Chinese communities around the world welcomed the Year of the Pig on Tuesday, ushering in the Lunar New Year with prayers, family feasts and shopping sprees. In mainland China over the past week, hundreds of millions of people have crammed into trains, buses, cars and planes to reach family and friends in the world's largest [...]
Once-in-a-century floods have turned streets into rivers and forced thousands to abandon their homes in northeast Australia, with authorities warning of tornadoes and more rain over the next few days. Australia's tropical north experiences heavy rains during the monsoon season at this time of the year, but the recent downpour has surged far above normal [...]
Seychelles has received two patrol vessels from Sri Lanka which will be used by the island nation’s coast guard for maritime surveillance, according to a news report. The official handing over of the two wave rider inshore patrol crafts took place on Friday during the two-day official visit of Vice-President Vincent Meriton to Sri Lanka, the Seychelles [...]
Seychelles’ Ministry of Health and the city of Umea in Sweden have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at developing a comprehensive geriatric plan with a focus on dementia. The agreement was signed on Saturday at the Ministry’s headquarters by the health minister, Jean-Paul Adam, and the chairman of Umea City Elderly Care, Carin Nilsson. [...]
Pope Francis landed in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for the first ever visit by a pontiff to the Arabian Peninsula -- the birthplace of Islam. The pope touched down in Abu Dhabi for the 48-hour trip during which he will meet leading Muslim clerics and hold an open-air mass for some 135,000 Catholics. [...]
People in Seychelles who want to learn how to apply cosmetics products are invited to participate in a series of beauty seminar being organised by a local makeup artist starting mid-February. Anisa Rose, the owner of AnisaRose Makeup, says that it is her wish to not only teach others how to apply makeup but also [...]
Russia vowed Saturday to develop "new types of weapons" as it suspended a Cold War-era nuclear missile treaty with the United States, which pulled back from the pact a day earlier, raising the spectre of a new arms race. In a high-stakes tit-for-tat with US President Donald Trump, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said: "Our American [...]
Seychelles' Fair Trading Commission says the most common complaint it received in 2018 was people unsatisfied with services provided by construction companies. According to the Commission, 214 complaints were lodged last year out of which 117 were related to the services departments. There were 97 complaints pertaining to consumer goods in 2018. The chief executive [...]
The International Criminal Court finally freed former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Friday after his shock acquittal last month on charges of crimes against humanity. Supporters sang and waved flags in the Hague after judges agreed to release the 73-year-old on condition that he stays in an as-yet-unnamed country pending an appeal by the [...]
