The Seychelles Coastguard (SCG) will start the construction of a SCR 52.9 million ($3.8 million) jetty in anticipation of the arrival of two new patrol vessels. The Chief of Defence Forces, Brigadier Michael Rosette, revealed the plans during an interview with the press following the signing of an agreement to begin the construction work. "With [...]
The director for Governance and Economics Reforms at the African Development Bank, Coulibaly Abdoulaye, has said that during his delegation’s visit to Seychelles, they were able to discuss the economic performance of the country and collaboration with the Central Bank of Seychelles. He made the statement after a meeting with Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan at [...]
The UK government insisted on Monday that the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar was "not up for negotiation" after it said it would return a remote archipelago to Mauritius. Britain announced on Thursday that it would hand back the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to former colony Mauritius but that it would [...]
Three Seychellois crew members of a high-speed leisure boat have been intercepted by the Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF), in collaboration with the Seychelles Police and partner agencies, suspected of transporting narcotics in Seychelles' waters. The joint operation on Monday involved the Seychelles Coast Guard and the Seychelles Air Force, when a maritime patrol aircraft identified [...]
Seychelles has signed an economic security partnership agreement with the United Kingdom, which will seek to address illicit finance and promote greater transparency in Seychelles. The agreement was signed on Tuesday morning at the Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trade’s headquarters by the Secretary of State for Finance, Patrick Payet, the Minister for Finance, [...]
The developing world needs trillions of dollars in climate aid, but who should pay for it? Wealthy nations? Big polluters? Countries that got rich burning fossil fuels? All of the above? A fight over this question looms at crucial negotiations next month as China and other major emerging economies come under pressure to chip in [...]
Seychelles’ cruise ship season for 2024-2025 began on Monday with the arrival of SH Diana of the Swan Hellenic fleet in Port Victoria. Thirty-eight confirmed port calls are expected for the season. The director general for Destination Planning and Development in the Department of Tourism, Paul Lebon, officially declared the season open during a ceremony aboard [...]
Mourners and leaders around the world on Monday voiced horror and a desire for peace at tearful memorials remembering the unprecedented October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel that sparked a year of devastating war in Gaza. People from Sydney to Rome and Warsaw to Washington grieved for those killed and urged freedom for those [...]
Uganda loses about $2.5 billion to corruption every year, equivalent to almost a quarter of its annual budget, the country's anti-graft head told AFP on Monday. Corruption is a huge issue in the East African nation, which is ranked a lowly 141 out of 180 countries on Transparency International's corruption index. While President Yoweri Museveni [...]
The Seychelles and the United Kingdom will continue to work together to strengthen economic growth, the fight against corruption and also combat climate change. The UK Minister for Africa, Lord Collins of Highbury, made the statement after meeting with the President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, at State House on Monday. Collins is visiting the island [...]
