G20 powers open two days of summit talks in crisis-hit Argentina on Friday after a stormy buildup dominated by US President Donald Trump's consensus-bucking crusade to realign world trade. Shortly before the summit kicks off, Trump's "America First" charge will bear fruit with the signing in Buenos Aires of a successor to the North American [...]
The Seychelles’ Supreme Court on Wednesday sentenced a Bangladeshi national to three years in prison after he defrauded four people of money and forced them into labour and maltreatment. In the first case of trafficking in persons recorded in the island nation since a law on the issue was passed in 2014, Faisal Alam was [...]
Seychelles signed a second ‘Decent Work Country Programme’ with the International Labour Organization on Wednesday with the aim of ensuring and creating a better working environment in workplaces. In her address at the signing ceremony at the Savoy Resort and Spa, the Minister of Employment, Immigration and Civil Status, Myriam Telemaque, said, “I am pleased [...]
Despite long-standing restrictions, new weapons have continued to reach South Sudan's battlefields, often via neighbouring countries, a detailed report by an arms monitoring group said Thursday. A four-year investigation, by London-based Conflict Armament Research (CAR), into the supply of weapons that have helped keep South Sudan's civil war alive since December 2013, has revealed the [...]
The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, received the Blue Economy Award on African maritime sectors at a banquet hosted by the African Union Commission on Tuesday at the InterContinental Hotel in Kenya. The award, which was presented by the chairperson of the Commission, Moussa Fakki, recognises countries, associations and individuals who have made significant contributions [...]
Scientists have launched the largest-ever attempt to regenerate coral on the endangered Great Barrier Reef by harvesting millions of the creatures' eggs and sperm during their annual spawning. The researchers said Wednesday they plan to grow coral larvae from the harvested eggs and return these to areas of the reef which have been badly damaged [...]
Three secluded beaches on different islands of Seychelles have been voted among the ‘World’s Top 50 Untouched Beaches’. Tropical Beach, Anse Intendance and Baie Laraie have been recognized for being free from crowds despite their fine powdery white sand, turquoise warm waters and salty-air. ‘World’s Top 50 Untouched Beaches’ is one of Flight Network’s ten [...]
Seychelles has been named one of the top five wedding destinations globally at the WeddingSutra Honeymoon Awards 2018. Popular for its turquoise-coloured waters and powdered white beaches, Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, came out in the top five alongside Fiji, Japan, Portugal and Queensland of Australia. “It is always an honour for [...]
Ukraine's president signed an act imposing martial law in border regions on Wednesday as mounting tensions over Russia's seizure of Ukrainian ships saw US President Donald Trump threaten to cancel talks with Vladimir Putin. President Petro Poroshenko's spokesman confirmed he had signed the act, which introduces martial law for 30 days in 10 regions bordering [...]
Humanity is falling further behind in the race against climate change, with the gap between greenhouse gas emissions and levels needed to achieve the Paris climate treaty temperature goals continuing to widen, the UN said Tuesday. With only a single degree Celsius of warming so far, the world has seen a crescendo of deadly wildfires, [...]