Category: News
Seychelles Fishing Authority acquires 2 drones to be used for surveillance efforts
The Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) will soon use two newly acquired drones to conduct near-shore missions to support fisheries surveillance effort [...]
Indonesian firefighters battle days-long oil refinery inferno
Indonesian firefighters were working Wednesday to put out a large blaze at one of the country's biggest oil refineries that has been burning for more [...]
Soldiers arrested in Niger after ‘attempted coup’
Soldiers were arrested in Niger after an "attempted coup" early Wednesday, a security source said after gunfire broke out in the capital Niamey, addin [...]
Legal, strategic framework being developed for the 30 pct of Seychelles’ waters now protected
One year after Seychelles legally designated 30 percent of its territorial waters as marine protected areas 10 years ahead of international targets, e [...]
Marine Conservation Society Seychelles restoring reef at Ste Anne Marine National Park
The Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS) recently started a large-scale coral reef restoration project in the Ste Anne Marine National Park w [...]
WHO experts say Covid probably came to humans from animals
A team of international experts will present details Tuesday of their findings from a mission to China, which concluded Covid-19 probably passed to hu [...]
Opening arguments set to begin in George Floyd murder trial
Opening arguments begin on Monday in the trial of the white police officer accused of killing George Floyd, a Black man whose death was captured on vi [...]
After spike in poaching, efforts to protect seabirds on Seychelles’ Aride island are increased
More anti-poaching patrols are taking place on Aride island and its surrounding waters through an agreement between the Island Conservation Society (I [...]
Dozens killed in Mozambique Islamist attack: government
Dozens of people were killed in coordinated jihadist attacks in northern Mozambique's Palma town, the government said on Sunday, four days after the r [...]
Seychellois officials evaluating businesses for new Fish Processing Zone
Businesses in Seychelles which qualify to lease and develop fish processing facilities at the newly demarcated Fish Processing Zone at Ile Du Port wil [...]