Power outages compounded the misery of millions of people wilting in a heatwave across India and Pakistan on Friday, with experts blaming climate change for an early onset of roasting summer temperatures. In the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh hundreds of forest fires have broken out in recent weeks, eating up tinder-dry pine forests [...]
Four fisheries ministers of Indian Ocean countries and representatives of fishing companies in those countries met in Seychelles on Thursday to exchange ideas for the upcoming Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) meeting. As Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mauritius share the same fishing method in the tuna fishing industry - purse seining - they saw the need [...]
Russia on Thursday said Western aid to Kyiv had slowed its offensive in Ukraine but would not thwart its victory, as conflicting reports emerged about efforts to rescue civilians from a besieged steel plant in the devastated city of Mariupol. Nearly 10 weeks into a war that has left thousands of people dead, flattened Ukrainian [...]
Seychelles will benefit from more training opportunities from Italy to help boost the knowledge of its workforce, said the Italian ambassador to the island nation on Thursday. Ambassador Alberto Pieri made the statement to the press after his first courtesy meeting with President Wavel Ramkalawan since he was elected in October 2020. It is not their first [...]
Identifying ways to improve Seychelles' financial sector and make it more prominent was the aim of a consultation meeting between key partners in the financial services sector on Thursday. The meeting is part of a collaboration between Transparency Initiative Seychelles (TIS), the EU and the Financial Services Authority (FSA). "Today we are offering you this [...]
Challenges faced in the workplace, work-life balance and ideas on how to improve work conditions for women in the media industry in Seychelles were the subjects discussed in a workshop held on Wednesday. Themed 'Journalism and Feminism in Seychelles', the workshop saw the participation of around 15 Seychellois journalists, mostly women, from different media houses [...]
Guinea said Wednesday it would prosecute former president Alpha Conde, who was toppled in a military coup last September, for murder and other crimes committed during his time in office. Conde is among 27 former senior officials who face prosecution for "murder, assassination and complicity," according to a document given to journalists by prosecutor Alphonse [...]
More than 36,000 new refugees arrived in Niger between January and mid-April following violence in Mali, Nigeria and Burkina Faso, bringing their numbers to around 360,000, the UN refugee agency said Wednesday. The High Commissioner for Refugees "is concerned by these rising numbers as attacks on civilians prompting displacement increase in both frequency and violence," [...]
The European Union's executive unveiled Wednesday plans for a gradual ban on Russian oil imports as part of a raft of new sanctions to punish Moscow for invading Ukraine. The European Commission also proposed slapping sanctions on Russia's biggest bank and on Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. If approved by member [...]
The progress being made in the tourism sector is helping Seychelles increase its revenue to sustain its economy, the governor of the Central Bank said on Wednesday. Carol Abel told a press conference that the supply of foreign exchange from the tourism sector has increased compared to the beginning of the year. The supply from [...]
