Government officials and members of civil society from Seychelles are learning more about climate change in order to be better equipped to negotiate at international meetings following a training session last week. The group took part in the training on Friday aimed at familiarising participants with the basics of climate change diplomacy and building knowledge [...]
France and Germany will sign a new friendship treaty on Tuesday, seeking to boost an alliance at the heart of the European Union as Britain bows out and with nationalism rising around the continent. President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Angela Merkel will sign the deal, which pledges deeper economic and defence ties as well as [...]
Israel struck what it said were Iranian targets in Syria on Monday in response to missile fire it blamed on Iran, sparking concerns of an escalation after a report that 11 fighters were killed. Israel announced the strikes against facilities it said belonged to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force as they were occurring, continuing [...]
The Seychelles Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) is implementing a project to expand its main desalination plant and increase its capacity to 16,000 cubic metres per day. The project is expected to start by the end of January and will cost $11 million, which will be financed by the PUC Work is scheduled to finish by [...]
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa broke off a foreign tour Sunday, saying he wanted his country "calm, stable and working again" as criticism grew over a brutal crackdown in response to protests. Mnangagwa appeared to take a more conciliatory approach than his spokesman George Charamba, who said the crackdown was "just a foretaste of things to [...]
Hundreds of cats and dogs are being sterilised this month in a free program initiated by the Seychelles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) with the assistance of the UK-based organisation Spay Sisters. According to the SSPCA, the programme is targeting 1,000 animals on the three main islands -- Mahe, Praslin and [...]
Kenya Airways will begin daily flights to Seychelles as of February 6, the Seychelles Tourism Board said Thursday, increasing its flight frequency to the island nation by 40 percent. The airline, which is the national carrier of Kenya, is currently flying to the Seychelles, a 115-island archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, five times per [...]
Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina used his inauguration speech on Saturday to pledge to fight corruption in a country where politics and business are widely seen as beset by graft. Rajoelina regained power in the Indian Ocean by winning a second-round vote in December against Marc Ravalomanana after an election process in which both sides alleged [...]
DR Congo rebuked the African Union on Friday over its calls to suspend the announcement of final results from presidential elections, insisting that the Constitutional Court assessing the vote's legality was impartial. The court is urgently hearing an appeal over the outcome of the December 30 vote to choose a successor to long-serving President Joseph [...]
A new climate change curriculum guide for teachers of primary five to secondary five classes which takes into account the situation for Seychelles will soon be introduced in schools. “The aim of the guide is to educate the population. For you to be able to educate the people on climate change, we need to start [...]
