French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday upped the pressure on Lebanon's leaders to form a government in the wake of the Beirut port blast, saying their lack of progress represented a "collective betrayal". Lebanon remains mired in political economic crisis with no end in sight after its premier-designate stepped down on Saturday following the failure [...]
With the coronavirus crisis putting a chill on travel, European airlines are reducing fares to attract passengers and fill the planes that are still flying. Travel restrictions adopted by many countries to stem the spread of the disease have clobbered airlines, bringing air traffic to a near halt in the spring. And while traffic picked [...]
The Seychelles National Parks Authority (SNPA) plans to hold several sales of coco de mer to generate revenue now that income from the tourism sector has decreased due to COVID-19, said a top official. The first sale took place recently at the Botanical Gardens where around 100 coco de mer nuts, which ate endemic to [...]
Ivory Coast should allow former president Laurent Gbagbo, who has been barred from running in next month's key presidential election, to vote in the poll, the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights said Friday. The court, established by African Union members in 2004, asked Ivory Coast to "take all necessary steps to immediately remove [...]
The technology of the gabion - a cage, cylinder, or box filled with rocks, concrete, sand or soil for use in civil engineering, road building, and landscaping – can be taught at the Seychelles Institute for Technology (SIT) should the demand be there. The director of the institute told SNA on Wednesday that this form [...]
Seychelles will soon send to the National Assembly for approval amended laws governing the financial sector with the aim to have the island nation removed from the European Union (EU) taxation blacklist, said a top government official. The Secretary of State for Finance, Patrick Payet, told a press conference on Friday that Seychelles anticipated being [...]
After days wading through chilly waters, surrounded by the pained cries of hundreds of stranded whales on Australia's south coast, rescuers faced the grim task Friday of disposing of the carcasses. In "one hell of an effort", a crew of around 100 conservationists and skilled volunteers saved 94 of the 470 animals stranded on Tasmania's [...]
Seychelles' remote Aride island is using more students as volunteers to continue its scientific monitoring programmes which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Island Conservation Society (ICS) which manages Aride, a nature reserve, said in a press release that the island is struggling with a loss of tourist revenue and the departure of [...]
Zimbabwe's leader on Thursday appealed at the United Nations for support to end Western sanctions, saying that they set back development goals. In an address to the UN General Assembly, President Emmerson Mnangagwa pointed to a recent UN report that found a negative impact from sanctions on Zimbabwe as a whole. "These are a breach [...]
Seychelles will not ban the exportation of red snapper, a measure that had been considered to make the species more affordable for locals, a top government official said on Thursday. The Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, Charles Bastienne, told a press conference that with the adverse impact of COVID-19 on the fisheries sector and the [...]
