Work is underway to study octopuses in the Seychelles' waters to identify how many species there are, the total number and their sizes and the information will be used to regulate the fishing of the species. To help with the project, a workshop was organised on Tuesday, in partnership with the UNDP, Mauritius and the island of Rodrigues in which [...]
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has run out of petrol and is unable to find dollars to finance essential imports, the new prime minister said Monday in an address to the nation. "We have run out of petrol... At the moment, we only have petrol stocks for a single day," Ranil Wickremesinghe said, warning his bankrupt country [...]
Mali's military junta on Monday said it thwarted an attempted coup last week led by army officers and supported by an unnamed Western state. The statement read out on state television said a "small group of anti-progressive Malian officers and non-commissioned officers attempted a coup in the night of May 11 to 12, 2022". "These [...]
All Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) member countries should let science guide decisions and make an effort to follow decisions agreed upon, said Seychelles' fisheries minister on Monday at the commission's 26th session. In his opening address, Jean Francois Ferrari warned that "the credibility of our organisation is at stake" if all member countries do [...]
Wheat prices surged to a new record high in European trading on Monday after India decided to ban exports of the commodity as a heatwave hit production. The price jumped to 435 euros ($453) per tonne as the Euronext market opened, up from the previous record of 422 euros reached on Friday. Global wheat prices [...]
Seychelles' credit rating has been upgraded to B+ with a positive outlook by Fitch Ratings, which reflects a stronger than expected economic growth and fast debt reduction, according to the ratings agency. According to a statement released Friday, Seychelles moved from a B+ with a stable outlook to B+ with a positive one. The improvement has been welcomed by the [...]
Finland officially announced its intention to join NATO on Sunday as Sweden's ruling party said it backed membership, paving the way for a joint application. Less than three months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the announcements are a stunning reversal of the two Nordic countries' military non-alignment policies, dating back more than 75 years for Finland [...]
India will be helping Seychelles with the installation of a coast guard radar system and other defence matters, the Indian High Commissioner said on Friday. General Dalbir Singh Suhag, a former chief of army staff of the Indian Army, spoke of the donation of the radar system during a handing over ceremony of three ceremonial guns and ammunition and [...]
Somali lawmakers gathered in Mogadishu Sunday to vote in the country's long-overdue presidential election, with 35 candidates vying for the top job in the troubled Horn of Africa nation as it battles an Islamist insurgency and the threat of famine. The poll has been dogged by claims of irregularities and is well over a year [...]
William "Bill" McAteer, a British-Seychellois historian, has published a new book on the history of Seychelles. The book - Another Story -The History of Seychelles 1976 to 2020 - charts the most recent and controversial parts of the country's history as an independent state including the coup d'état of 1977 that introduced one-party rule by [...]
