The Seychelles Fisheries Authority (SFA) is discussing new approaches to deter illegal fishing in its waters after a third Sri Lankan vessel was intercepted last week, said a top official. "The new approach will see the government of both countries discussing common ground to deter these illegal activities from taking place in the Seychelles' waters," [...]
International financial institutions and African leaders warned on Friday the continent needs tens of billions of dollars in additional money to fight the coronavirus pandemic despite debt freezes and massive pledges of support.In a joint statement, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund said they had each contributed to the $57 billion mobilized by official [...]
Coronavirus deaths surged past 100,000 in hardest-hit Europe on Saturday as hundreds of Americans frustrated by lockdown orders and egged on by President Donald Trump staged protests in several US cities. As the latest grim data emerged, performers from around the world kicked off an hours-long live-streamed concert aimed at supporting health care workers, and [...]
An award-winning poet, Owen Sheers, was in Seychelles to work with students and teachers of the International School Seychelles. His visit provided the students with a unique opportunity, where they interacted and learned from an author, whose books are covered in the syllabus. With his two poetry collections - 'The Blue Book' and 'Skirrid Hill' [...]
Three men, including a police officer, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the sexual abuse of 75 girls ranging in age from 12 to 18 over a period of seven years. The case, a first-of-its-kind in Seychelles in terms of scope, length and method, has resulted in shock and outrage among residents. The men, ages 33, [...]
World coronavirus deaths surged past 150,000 Friday as US President Donald Trump accused China of continuing to cover up its toll, even after Beijing revised figures sharply upward for Wuhan, the original epicenter of the global pandemic. COVID-19 fatalities mounted in the United States and hard-hit Western Europe countries, but fresh data on rising infections [...]
March 12, 2020, will be remembered in Seychelles as the day the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the islands. The newly discovered virus, firstly reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation on March 11. At the time of writing one million, confirmed cases have [...]
The Seychelles police are challenging in the Supreme Court a commission of inquiry's recommendation concerning the airport search of the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, a representative said on Friday. An opinion in the recommendation by Justice Robinson said that the police cannot search a person if they don't have a reasonable doubt, even if [...]
The World Bank has given Seychelles a $6.9 million line of credit that has been transferred into the country's international reserves, an official said Friday. The governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles, Caroline Abel, told a news conference that as of Wednesday the country's reserves stand at $488 million, amongst which $435 million can [...]
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention plans to distribute a million COVID-19 test kits from next week to help the continent tackle a glaring shortfall in testing, its director, John Nkengasong, said Thursday. "There is a big gap on the continent on testing," Nkengasong said at a weekly press conference at the African [...]
