Author: Seychelles News Agency
First West African case of deadly Marburg virus detected: WHO
Guinea confirmed a case of Marburg disease, the World Health Organization said on Monday, the first recorded in West Africa of the lethal virus that' [...]
Climate-vulnerable island nations call on world to save ‘our very future’
Dozens of small island states most vulnerable to the effects of climate change have called on the world to save "our very future" after a landmark UN [...]
Homework on holiday? 13-year-old visitor to Seychelles helping teach maths classes
A 13-year-old on holiday in Seychelles who has a gift for languages and learning has been teaching maths lessons at Beau Vallon secondary school.
Is [...]
Seychelles’ truth and reconciliation commission to set coup d’etat reparations policy
The Seychelles' Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission expects to complete a reparations policy by September this year which will determ [...]
Cruise ships to return to Seychelles after 18-month COVID-19 hiatus
Seychelles will welcome vessels with a maximum of 300 passengers for the 2021-2022 cruise ship season from mid-November, said a top official, the fir [...]
Seychellois divers cleaning ocean floor horrified at site of marine life eating trash
Three Seychellois divers have started a project to clean up the ocean floor at polluted sites around the main island of Mahe.
In their first dive tw [...]
UN set to unveil landmark report as climate impacts multiply
As heart-stopping images of fires and floods dominate news cycles worldwide, the UN's climate science panel will unveil on Monday its much-anticipate [...]
‘Most challenging’ Tokyo Olympics declared closed
The Tokyo 2020 Games were declared closed on Sunday by IOC chief Thomas Bach, who said it had been the "most challenging Olympic journey" after a yea [...]
‘Power of conservancy’ shines as green turtle numbers in Seychelles make huge gains
Since the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) started monitoring green turtles' nesting in the early 1980s, there has been an almost 500 percent incr [...]
New book explores history, fauna of Seychelles’ Fond Ferdinand nature reserve
A first book providing the history and the plants in the Fond Ferdinand nature reserve on Seychelles' second-most populated island of Praslin is now [...]