Supporting the participation of regional seas countries in the negotiation of the global agreement on plastics is on the agenda at a meeting of the UNEP Regional Seas Strategic Directions (RSSD) programme currently taking place in Seychelles. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) meeting officially kicked off the implementation of the RSSD in its 2022 annual meeting from [...]
A mass shooting that left 19 schoolchildren dead in the deeply pro-gun state of Texas on Tuesday increased pressure on US politicians to take action over the ubiquity of firearms -- but also brought the grim expectation of little or no change. It was the eighth mass shooting this year, according to the Everytown gun [...]
The risk of monkeypox spreading widely among the general population is very low and transmission can be stopped outside endemic countries in Central and West Africa, health officials said Monday, after cases exploded this month in Europe and North America. Fewer than 200 confirmed and suspected cases had been recorded since early May in Australia, [...]
Seven people in Seychelles have petitioned for amnesty before the Truth and Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) for their involvement or participation in one or more crimes committed in relation to the 1977 coup d'état as well as later incidents involving state authorities or individuals in more recent history. According to a recent press release [...]
Seychelles is revising its international airport masterplan to include a new terminal, a fixed-based operator for private flights and a modern duty-free shopping area, among others, said a top government official on Tuesday. The Minister for Transport, Antony Derjacques, revealed the plans for an airport expansion when answering a question from the elected member of Pointe Larue [...]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday faced renewed accusations of lying, after photos emerged of him drinking at a Downing Street party during lockdown in 2020. The revelations came as a senior civil servant was expected to publish her long-awaited full report into the "Partygate" scandal, despite claims that Johnson was trying to have [...]
Seychelles' yellowfin tuna quota rises to 37,000 tonnes for 2022 as all members of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) have approved the island nation's interpretation of a payback provision imposed initially. The decision was made during the 26th session of the IOTC held in Seychelles from May 16-20. IOTC had previously reduced the overall quota [...]
A Russian diplomat in Geneva has left his job in protest at the Kremlin's war in Ukraine, telling diplomatic colleagues: "Never have I been so ashamed of my country." Boris Bondarev, a counsellor at Moscow's mission to the United Nations in Geneva, wrote in a letter that he was leaving after 20 years in the [...]
Representatives from four regions of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) - an intergovernmental educational organisation of the Commonwealth - attended a meeting in Seychelles to finalise a report which will serve as a blueprint to include climate change as a lesson in their respective schools' curricula. The meeting at the Savoy Hotel on Tuesday is the first consultation [...]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky used the Davos summit on Monday to appeal for more weapons for his country and "maximum" sanctions against Moscow. Speaking by videolink, Zelensky told the World Economic Forum that tens of thousands of lives would have been saved if Kyiv had received "100 percent of our needs at once back in [...]
