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IEA holds emergency meeting on overheating oil market
The International Energy Agency (IEA) was due on Friday to hold an emergency meeting on possible new measures to calm the global oil market amid soar [...]
Sri Lanka steps up security as anger over crisis boils over
Sri Lanka's capital was under heavy security on Friday after hundreds of protesters tried to storm the president's home in a night of violence and an [...]
Heroin and cocaine trafficking: Zimbabwean woman sentenced to 5 years in prison in Seychelles
Seychelles' Supreme Court sentenced a Zimbabwean female national to five years in prison for the importation and trafficking of controlled drugs on [...]
DR Congo joins regional East Africa bloc
The Democratic Republic of Congo was admitted Tuesday into the regional East African Community (EAC), a bloc with a single market allowing free trade [...]
SDGs Forum: There is a dire need for Seychelles to be more self-sufficient and resilient to external shocks, says President Ramkalawan
Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan has stressed on the vulnerabilities of the island nation vis-a-vis the effects of climate change despite hav [...]
Online travel authorisation for Seychellois passport holders free of charge as of April 1
Online travel authorisation for Seychellois passport holders for entry to their homeland will be free of charge as of Friday, April 1, the Ministry o [...]
Seychelles plans to activate fisheries harvest strategy policy by third quarter of 2022
Seychelles expects to set up a fisheries harvest strategy policy in the third quarter of 2022 that will allow relevant authorities to monitor, examin [...]
Mane sinks Egypt again, Partey sends Ghana to World Cup
Liverpool star Sadio Mane converted a shoot-out penalty on Tuesday to take African champions Senegal to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the expense of [...]
UN rights chief warns of ‘war crimes’ in Ukraine conflict
Russia's widespread and indiscriminate attacks in Ukraine are of "immense concern", the UN rights chief said Wednesday, warning that they could amoun [...]
World Government Summit: More needs to be done to fulfil climate finance commitments, says Seychelles’ President
Many commitments have been made but the reality remains that more needs to be done to fulfil climate finance commitments, Seychelles President Wave [...]