Sunday, September 16 is the International Day for the preservation of the ozone layer, and this year’s theme is ‘Keep Cool and Carry On: The Montreal Protocol.’ As one of the world ambassadors of climate change Seychelles has over the years put in place various strategies to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate the adverse effects of climate [...]
The Creative Industries and National Events Agency (CINEA) – a government agency - has said that the government will no longer organise the annual Miss Seychelles beauty pageant because of a poor return on investment. Gustave De Comarmond, deputy chief executive of the agency, said that it is best that the event is organized by the business [...]
Hurricane Florence was on course Wednesday to deliver a powerful blow to the east coast of the United States, with forecasters warning of life-threatening rainfall and flooding even as it weakened to a Category 2 storm. Georgia joined four other coastal states issuing an emergency declaration as forecasts showed Florence dumping historic amounts of torrential [...]
Seychelles is the first Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) in the Indian Ocean to be awarded the White Flag certification for having clean seas. The island nation’ first White Flag was on Saturday put on Beau Vallon beach – a popular beach with visitors - in the north of the main island of Mahe. The White [...]
Sri Lanka's navy Tuesday detained 90 people illegally travelling in a trawler bound for the French territory of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, a spokesman said. Commander Dinesh Bandara said the fishing boat was seized off Sri Lanka's west coast and was being escorted to Colombo with 89 men and a woman on board. [...]
Increasing cooperation and developing the commercial ties between Seychelles and Argentina even further are the main areas of focus outlined by the new ambassador to the island nation. The newly accredited ambassador of Argentina to Seychelles, Martin Bustillo, made this statement to the press on Tuesday after he presented his credentials to Seychelles’ President, Danny [...]
A steady stream of mourners on Tuesday paid their respects to the former UN secretary general Kofi Annan as he lay in state in the capital of his native Ghana. The diplomat's body was flown back from Switzerland on Monday ahead of a state funeral and private burial in Accra on Thursday. Nobel peace laureate [...]
President John Magufuli has urged Tanzanian women to "give up contraceptive methods" insisting his country needs more people, local media reported Monday. "You have cattle. You are big farmers. You can feed your children. Why then resort to birth control? This is my opinion, I see no reason to control births in Tanzania," Magufuli said [...]
The Constitutional Court of Seychelles has dismissed preliminary objections by the Attorney General’s office against a petition to establish regulations allowing access to cannabis for medical purposes. Following the ruling on Tuesday, Frank Elizabeth, the lawyer of Ralph Volcere -- the petitioner -- said he is very happy that the court has rejected all preliminary [...]
Bilateral relations, especially in the maritime field, between Seychelles and China, has positively progressed over the past two years, said the outgoing Chinese Ambassador on Tuesday. Yu Jinsong made this statement to the press after paying a farewell visit to President Danny Faure at State House, Victoria. In early September, Faure and his Chinese counterpart, President [...]