Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan on Monday underlined the importance of UNESCO Africa giving due consideration to the vulnerabilities of small island developing states from the continent. State House said that Ramkalawan addressed the UNESCO Africa group at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. "As representatives of Africa, your group needs to remain active in the discourse [...]
The Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF) is now better equipped to carry out real-time aerial surveillance of target vessels and search and rescue operations at any given time after receiving two specialist drones on Tuesday. Donated by the UK government in collaboration with UNODC, the two Parrot Anafi drones will also enable video-recording before and after [...]
Ethiopia's parliament on Tuesday lifted a state of emergency imposed last November when Tigrayan rebels threatened to advance on the capital, the foreign ministry said, easing restrictions earlier than expected. "The House of Peoples' Representatives of #Ethiopia has approved today the lifting of the six-month state of emergency," the ministry said on Twitter. The vote [...]
The torrent of man-made chemical and plastic waste worldwide has massively exceeded limits safe for humanity or the planet, and production caps are urgently needed, scientists have concluded for the first time. There are an estimated 350,000 different manufactured chemicals on the market and large volumes of them end up in the environment. "The impacts [...]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) will provide assistance to Seychelles worth around $1million to improve access to quality essential health services for over two years under a work plan signed on Monday. As part of WHO's plans to support the overall health development agenda, every two years the organisation makes available a framework worth an [...]
One of the pioneering Jamaican bobsleigh team which first competed at the 1988 Winter Games and inspired the movie "Cool Runnings" has big plans for racers from the Caribbean island at future Olympics. Thirty-four years ago, Chris Stokes only planned to travel to the Calgary Winter Olympics to watch his brother Dudley pilot the four-man [...]
Seafood company Ocean Basket Seychelles is planning to build an EU standard fish and seafood processing plant at the Providence Industrial Estate on the main island of Mahe to increase its production capacity. An environmental impact assessment (EIA) process, which is needed for such large projects, has started and people have been invited to share [...]
Hundreds of cars, campervans and trucks taking part in a Canada-style protest convoy against Covid regulations were preparing to enter Brussels Monday where Belgian officials have already banned a demonstration following a weekend attempt in Paris. Around 1,300 vehicles from across France had arrived near the French border town of Lille by late Sunday, according [...]
Leaders from the two Congos, Uganda and Togo discussed security in central Africa and recent coups in the west of the continent at a mini-summit Saturday, an official statement said. The Democratic Republic of Congo's Felix Tshisekedi, Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou Nguesso and Uganda's Yoweri Museveni from the Great Lakes region, along with Togo's Faure Gnassingbe [...]
A Seychellois living in Perth, Australia has launched a brand of children's clothing inspired by the warmth, colours, flowers and greenery of the islands of Seychelles. Selma Adeline, born Lesperance, who is originally from Cascade, an eastern district on the main island of Mahe, designs and sews the Belisara Kids clothing herself. SNA caught up [...]
