China has long understood the Seychelles’ unique character and the complex challenges that face Small Island States, the President of Seychelles said Tuesday at the 2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). President Danny Faure addressed the leaders present at the Roundtable Meeting on the final day of the summit in China, State House said on Tuesday. “For Seychelles, [...]
A major airport that was cut off when a huge typhoon smashed through its sole access road was being evacuated Wednesday, as Japan grappled with devastation caused by its most powerful storm in a quarter of a century. Boats were ferrying stranded passengers from Kansai International Airport -- one of the country's busiest -- after [...]
The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, is on vacation in Seychelles, the Morocco World News reported on Monday. The Morocco World News wrote that “the king arrived on Sunday, September 2, after a five-hour plane ride from the United Arab Emirates to the Seychelles’ capital Victoria, located on Mahe, the largest island in the Seychelles.” [...]
President Xi Jinping told African leaders Monday that China's investments on the continent have "no political strings attached", pledging $60 billion in new development financing, even as Beijing is increasingly criticised over its debt-heavy projects abroad. Xi offered the funding at the start of a two-day China-Africa summit that focused on his cherished Belt and [...]
Local authorities in Seychelles are now in a better position to make amendments to the coco de mer decree following the completion of a national census of the endemic species. The census undertaken by Seychelles' Ministry of Environment is to allow better management and ensure the survival of the coco de mer – oversized nuts endemic to [...]
The Democratic Republic of Congo's highest court on Monday ended former warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba's bid to stand in this year's presidential election, upholding an earlier ban imposed on him for bribing witnesses. "The constitutional court... confirms the ineligibility of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo for suborning witnesses by resorting to bribery," said the court's president, announcing the [...]
Seychelles and China will be opening up trade connectivity, deepening investment and industrial cooperation through two newly signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU), State House said on Sunday, as the president of the island nation visited the world's most populous country. Prior to the signing, the heads of state of Seychelles and China held bilateral discussions [...]
The World Food Programme said on Friday that it is preparing to provide food aid to 1.1 million Zimbabweans before the next harvest in 2019, as rural smallholders face shortages. Growing food prices and the country's dire economic state could also affect those living in urban areas, the UN food agency added. "WFP plans to [...]
A new project is underway in Seychelles where local artists specialising in visual arts are using their works to spread messages concerning environmental sustainability. ‘UP! Seychelles’ is an initiative of the Seychelles Art Projects Foundation which was established by a group of Seychellois artists prior to the first national participation at the 2015 edition of [...]
The UN's top court will hear arguments Monday on the future status of the British-ruled Chagos Islands, home to a strategic joint US military base but a territory claimed by Mauritius. Port Louis is set to open arguments before the International Court of Justice in a case brought by the United Nations over the Indian [...]