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G20 key for momentum at Glasgow climate meet
As nearly 200 nations gather in Glasgow for UN climate talks starting Sunday all eyes are on Rome, where a G20 summit ending the same day will signal [...]
Work on Seychelles’ La Gogue dam 97 percent complete; to be finished in 2022
Work to increase the storage capacity of the La Gogue dam is now 97 percent complete and will be finalised in 2022, said a top official on Friday.
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Pope calls for ‘urgent’ response to climate crisis at COP26
Pope Francis on Friday said in a message released ahead of the COP26 summit that leaders must respond "urgently" to the climate crisis.
"The politic [...]
Emirates to resume twice-daily flights to Seychelles in a strong sign for tourism industry
Emirates will soon resume twice-daily flights to Seychelles, President Wavel Ramkalawan announced while heading a delegation at the Dubai Expo 2020.
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Miss Seychelles 2020 competing in Miss Intercontinental Pageant in Egypt on Friday
Miss Seychelles 2020, Kelly-Mary Anette, will be the first contestant to walk out for the national costume and evening gown rounds of the Miss Interc [...]
Embattled Facebook changes parent company name to ‘Meta’
Facebook changed its parent company name to "Meta" on Thursday as the tech giant tries to move past being a scandal-plagued social network to its vir [...]
Dubai Expo 2020 puts Seychelles in the spotlight, celebrates Creole culture
Seychelles basked in the spotlight at the Dubai Expo 2020 on Thursday as the island nation celebrated a National Day that coincided with Internationa [...]
France threatens UK with sanctions in fishing row
A smouldering row between London and Paris over post-Brexit fishing rights has flared up, with France threatening trade disruptions from next week if [...]
Guinean national sentenced to 7 years in prison for smuggling cocaine into Seychelles
A Guinean national has been sentenced to seven years in prison by the Seychelles Supreme Court for the importation of a controlled drug, the Anti-Nar [...]
Security tightens grip in coup-hit Sudan as global pressure bites
Sudanese security forces on Wednesday made sweeping arrests of protesters as they sought to extinguish opposition to this week's military coup, while [...]