South Africa has never been touched by Islamist attacks. Its three-decade-old democracy is solid, and its financial system is respected. Yet experts say the continent's most industrialised nation is now a nerve centre for jihadist financing in Africa. "South Africa is open hunting ground," Pretoria-based counter-terrorism expert Jasmine Opperman told AFP. Islamist financiers gather money [...]
Transferring more than a million barrels of oil from an abandoned tanker anchored off the shore of Yemen comes with "palpable risks" -- but doing nothing could lead to a devastating oil spill, a senior UN official said Wednesday. "If something were to go wrong, indeed, many questions will be asked," said Achim Steiner, head [...]
With the aim of providing artists and cultural professionals of Seychelles with more rights and access to social protection laws in future, an international expert is in the country to work on a policy-making project. Tasked by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) under the Aschberg programme, the expert, Avril Joffe, is conducting [...]
With the aim of providing artists and cultural professionals of Seychelles with more rights and access to social protection laws in future, an international expert is in the country to work on a policy-making project. Tasked by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) under the Aschberg programme, the expert, Avril Joffe, is conducting [...]
Environmentalists and students attended the first-ever Katy Beaver Memorial lecture as part of the Environment Week celebrations on Monday. The aim of the lecture was threefold - inspire young Seychellois into environmental conversations, publicise the work of young local scientists and honour the work of the late environmentalist Katy Beaver, whose work has been widely used [...]
Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan and First Lady Linda Ramkalawan received a ceremonial welcome in the Maldives on Monday, as part of the state visit from June 11-14 undertaken on the invitation of Maldivian President a, according to a joint press statement. The visit is the first time a Seychellois head of state undertakes a state [...]
Works are progressing satisfactorily after one year into the project of constructing a centralised sewerage system for Seychelles' La Digue island, said the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC). The plant comprises two main components - the installation of a sewer collection system along the western coast of La Digue and the construction of a sewage treatment [...]
The Ethiopian government on Saturday criticised a move by two major aid organisations to halt the sending of food assistance to the country after discovering it was being diverted from those who need it. The Ethiopian government's spokesman Legesse Tulu told journalists the decision by USAID and the World Food Programme (WFP) "punishes millions". On [...]
Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister who reshaped Italy's political and cultural landscape while fending off multiple legal and sex scandals, has died aged 86, his spokesman confirmed to AFP Monday. The billionaire media mogul was admitted to a Milan hospital on Friday for what aides said were pre-planned tests related to his leukemia. His [...]
Seychelles is aiming at winning more gold medals at the 2023 Special Olympic World Games scheduled to take place in Berlin, Germany, from June 17 to June 25. Team Seychelles got its send off in a ceremony on Saturday at the L'Escale Resort for the delegation of 18 members. The Seychelles' flag was handed over [...]
