Passengers entering and leaving Seychelles must submit their embarkation and disembarkation forms digitally since November 2 to facilitate the process, said a top government official on Friday. Through the Seychelles Electronic Embarkation System (SEBS), passengers must fill out all their personal information as well as information related to their travels that was previously done on [...]
The death toll from Sunday's plane crash in Tanzania has jumped to 19, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said, after the Precision Air flight with dozens of passengers aboard plunged into Lake Victoria while approaching the northwestern city of Bukoba. "All Tanzanians are with you in mourning the 19 people who lost lives during this accident," [...]
The UN's COP27 climate summit kicked off Sunday in Egypt with warnings against backsliding on efforts to cut emissions and calls for rich nations to compensate poor countries after a year of extreme weather disasters. Just in the past few months, climate-induced catastrophes have killed thousands, displaced millions and cost billions in damages across the [...]
The Monaco Explorations' research vessel 'S.A . Agulhas 2' was in the Seychelles waters conducting research at the Aldabra Atoll, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The team of 80 scientists from Monaco, France, Seychelles, Reunion, and Mauritius, spent a week on the atoll and will carry out scientific work on coral, mangroves, seabed, turtles, and [...]
Cameroon's 89-year-old president, Paul Biya, on Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of his rise to power amid splashy ceremonies where the word on everyone's mind -- succession -- will almost certainly be absent. The Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC), which Biya founded in 1985, says it will hold "a big party" up and down the [...]
A new study published in the Ecological Indicators journal has revealed that the Aldabra Atoll in Seychelles, with its 1720 hectares of mangroves, absorbs 243,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide stored in these forests - nearly half the annual fossil fuel emissions of Seychelles, which stands at 520,000 tonnes. The Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) said in [...]
Government employees in Seychelles will get on average a 10 percent increase on their consolidated salaries at the beginning of April 2023, the Minister of Finance, Naadir Hassan, announced in his budget address in the National Assembly on Friday. Hassan is seeking the approval of the National Assembly for a proposed budget of SCR10.4 billion ($816.4 [...]
Government employees in Seychelles will get on average a 10 percent increase on their consolidated salaries at the beginning of April 2023, the Minister of Finance, Naadir Hassan, announced in his budget address in the National Assembly on Friday. Hassan is seeking the approval of the National Assembly for a proposed budget of SCR10.4 billion ($816.4 [...]
Seychelles' aviation community is mourning the loss of Nicole Chang-Leng, the first Seychellois woman flight captain, who passed away on Thursday, aged 45. The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, on Friday sent a message of condolence to the family and friends of Chang-Leng. "The country is mourning the sudden passing of a young, intelligent and [...]
The Creative Seychelles Agency, a state-owned entity promoting the arts, has signed an agreement with Club Med resort Seychelles to provide an additional platform to showcase Seychellois artists' work. The agreement was signed at the Agency's headquarters at the International Conference Centre in Victoria on Thursday morning. The executive director of the Creative Seychelles Agency, Emmanuel D'Offay, [...]
