Eight Aldabra giant tortoises transported from the Seychelles' main island of Mahe have settled into new lives and are roaming freely on D'Arros Island, the Save Our Seas Foundation said. The adult tortoises -- five females and three males -- were residing in pens on Mahe and as they were deemed to be in good health. The [...]
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will carry out a review later this year to test the effectiveness of financial services laws amended in Seychelles 2021, says a top government official. According to the Financial Services Authority (FSA), this review will ensure that the island nation's financial sector is complying with international standards for the exchange [...]
At least 10 people have died in flash floods triggered by torrential rain that battered Madagascar's capital Antananarivo overnight, an interior ministry official said Tuesday. The victims were killed after "the floods caused landslides and houses collapsed," Sonia Ray, spokeswoman for the ministry's disaster management office, told AFP. Two people have been injured and more [...]
The World Health Organization has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over, as France, Germany and Brazil posted new records of infections in the past 24 hours. The highly transmissible Omicron strain has spread unabated around the world, pushing some governments to impose fresh measures while speeding up the rollout of vaccine booster [...]
Seychelles' passport remains the most powerful on the African continent for a consecutive year while moving up one place in a global ranking recently published by Henley and Partners for the first quarter of 2022. Globally, Seychelles ranks 28th, moving up one place from the 29th position in 2021. On the African continent, Seychelles is [...]
Seychelles' passport remains the most powerful on the African continent for a consecutive year while moving up one place in a global ranking recently published by Henley and Partners for the first quarter of 2022. Globally, Seychelles ranks 28th, moving up one place from the 29th position in 2021. On the African continent, Seychelles is [...]
Kenya's highest court began Tuesday weighing a legal bid to revive government plans to shake up the country's political system, just months ahead of crucial elections. The Supreme Court ruling on the proposed constitutional changes, expected after three days of hearings this week, may have major consequences for the August 9 presidential and parliamentary polls. [...]
The Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) will conclude its hearings of complainants, witnesses and suspects by the end of February to have ample time to wrap up its work before the completion of its mandate in August. The TRNUC was established in 2018 to work on settling past political divisions and grievances that [...]
Aid agencies reported "extensive damage" in the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday following a massive underwater volcanic blast and tsunami, as the first death from the disaster was confirmed. Early indications of the scale of the crisis on the virtually cut-off island kingdom were emerging through patchy satellite phone contact with Tonga, surveillance [...]
The nine years spanning 2013-2021 all rank among the 10 hottest on record, according to an annual report a US agency released Thursday, the latest data underscoring the global climate crisis. For 2021, the average temperature across global surfaces was 1.51 degrees Fahrenheit (0.84 degrees Celsius) above the 20th-century average, making the year the sixth-hottest [...]
