The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, leaves the country on Thursday to undertake a state visit to India, State House said on Thursday. Faure’s visit is at the invitation of President Ram Nath Kovind and will take place June 22 to 27. The Seychelles’ head of state will first visit Ahmedabad in Gujarat, the westernmost state [...]
Pope Francis vowed Thursday to seek deeper "unity" between the Catholic Church and other Christian faiths as he arrived in Geneva, a centre of Protestantism, amid Christianity's waning influence in Europe. Francis touched down in Geneva, the home of French Protestant reformist Jean Calvin, shortly after 10:00 am (0800 GMT), and was met by Swiss [...]
The UAE Charge d’ Affaires statement on Hodeida Port liberation operations H.E. Ahmed saeed Alneyadi the UAE Charge d’ affaires in Victoria has said that the intervention of the Arab Coalition in Yemen and the ongoing operations around Hodeida port area, are based on the request of the legitimate Yemeni Government and in compliance with all [...]
Downward-facing dogs, cobras and warriors sprouted all over Asia on Thursday, as the fourth annual International Yoga Day got under way. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose proposal for the global event won UN approval in 2014, led the way, performing his asanas with over 50,000 others in the northern city of Dehradun. People gathered [...]
Seychelles has received around $12 million to improve trade facilitation and enhance the capacity of the public and private sectors under a newly signed economic partnership agreement with the European Union (EU). During the signing ceremony on Tuesday, the Seychelles’ Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Barry Faure, said that the agreement goes beyond a [...]
Senegal proved to be Africa's saving grace at the World Cup on Tuesday. Take away their win over Poland and it is five defeats in five for the continent's representatives in Russia. After Nigeria and Algeria both reached the knockout phase four years ago, following Ghana's run to the quarter-finals in 2010, it is already [...]
A recent monitoring programme on the reef of the Aldabra atoll has shown an increase in coral cover but a decline in fish numbers, an official of the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) said. The coral cover, which is the percentage of reef that is covered by hard stony corals, showed a 51 percent increase in [...]
An Italian coastguard ship carrying more than 500 migrants, including dozens rescued by the US Navy off Libya last week, arrived Tuesday night at a port in Sicily, days after the new far-right interior minister banned NGO rescue ships from docking in Italy. "Diciotti ship finally lands in Pozzallo taking 522 people to safe port," [...]
The Seychelles' National Botanical Gardens Foundation is for the first time this year hosting an international schools debates organised by the Trust for Sustainable Living. Raymond Brioche, chief executive of the foundation, said the debates, which will focus on the world's oceans, will be held July 2-7 and will see the participation of around 90 [...]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is making a two-day visit to Beijing, Chinese state media reported Tuesday, a week after his unprecedented summit with US President Donald Trump. The outing comes as China has sought to strengthen its role as a mediator between the US and North Korea, where Beijing claims compelling security and [...]