Five hotels in Seychelles are featured among the recipients of the 2018 Condé Nast Traveler China Gold List awards. The award ceremony was held on August 18, in Beijing, China. The Gold List, established by Condé Nast over 20 years ago, serves to highlight the best hotels in the world, based on the votes of [...]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Senegal Wednesday, at the start of a West African tour, with Berlin hoping that development of the continent will help stem migration and boost the fight against jihadism. Signalling that Germany means business, Merkel was accompanied by around a dozen German business leaders. In Ghana, Merkel plans to visit [...]
The Ministry of Agriculture with the assistance of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is planning to evaluate all agricultural land in Seychelles to see if the land is being used properly. FAO has granted the 115-island archipelago in the western Indian Ocean $165,000 to carry out the project entitled 'Agricultural Land Evaluation.' Towards the end [...]
Berlin will on Wednesday hand back human remains seized from Namibia a century ago after the slaughter of indigenous people under German colonial rule, but descendants are still waiting for an apology. A Namibian government delegation will receive the remains, including 19 skulls, a scalp and bones, during a solemn church service in Berlin. "We [...]
Seychelles remains unwavering in its commitment to ensuring that the scourge of trafficking in persons will not fester within its shores, said a top government official after the island nation was downgraded in the 2018 trafficking in persons report. The government of Seychelles “will continue to strengthen measures to effectively identify and address cases of trafficking in persons,” [...]
Myanmar rejected Wednesday the findings of a UN probe alleging genocide by its military against the Rohingya, in a strident government response to a damning report on the crisis. Myanmar has come under immense pressure this week over last year's military crackdown that pushed more than 700,000 of the Muslim minority into Bangladesh. On Monday, [...]
Cooperation within the e-government and the police force as well as supporting the blue economy policy of Seychelles are some of the new areas that Seychelles and South Korea will engage in to strengthen bilateral relations. This statement was made by the newly accredited South Korean Ambassador to Seychelles, Lim Hoonmin after he presented his [...]
Seychelles will host the first regional Festival du Films d’Education which will take place between September 3-10. Sponsored by l’Association Seychelloise pour la Jeunesse et l’Animation, the regional film competition aims at training young people to find and invent more progressive, safe and socio-centric ways of life through cinematography. The competition is held at the [...]
An outbreak of African swine fever in China may spread to other parts of Asia, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization warned Tuesday, as the world's largest pork producer scrambled to contain the disease. China has culled more than 24,000 pigs in four provinces to stop the disease from proliferating, the FAO said in a [...]
Prime Minister Theresa May will make a three-nation visit to Africa this week, her first to the continent since becoming British leader in 2016, aimed at boosting post-Brexit trade ties. May, joined by several ministers and 29 business representatives from various industries, will visit South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya during the three-day trip, Downing Street [...]