Category: News
Seychelles’ President calls for new assessment architecture for SIDS and LDCs
The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, has called for the adoption of a multidimensional vulnerability index (MVI) for small island developin [...]
Seychelles’ tanker fleet makes history with $25 million profit in 2022
For the first time in its operational history, the Seychelles' tanker fleet made a profit of $25 million for the year 2022, said a top official of th [...]
Swiss president opposes arms exports to Ukraine, citing neutrality
Switzerland remains opposed to exporting arms to war-torn Ukraine, the famously neutral country's President Alain Berset said Tuesday on the sideline [...]
Ombudsman Nichole Tirant-Gherardi : “I don’t know if I have made a difference, but I hope I have”
Seychelles was recently accepted into the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) with the hope that it will bring further opportunities for the prog [...]
Women first to suffer, last to be heard: UN Security Council hears
Women are the primary victims of wars and conflict, yet they remain severely underrepresented at diplomatic negotiations, officials told the United N [...]
Indonesia sends more rescuers as extreme weather hampers search after landslide
More rescuers and heavy machinery will be sent to Indonesia’s disaster-hit Serasan Island to search for dozens still missing after a deadly landslide [...]
Human rights: Seychelles’ law enforcement bodies brush up on constitutional rights
Top officials from key law enforcement bodies in Seychelles are expected to acquire a better understanding of human rights issues through a half-day [...]
13th Cutlass Express US military exercise kicks off in Seychelles, Mauritius and Kenya
Seychelles and other countries in the western Indian Ocean are set to learn how to disrupt and prevent common maritime threats through a multinationa [...]
Cyclone Freddy kills four in ‘rare’ return to Madagascar
Tropical storm Freddy returned to Madagascar in what meteorologists described on Monday as a "rare" loop trajectory, killing four people, including t [...]
Seychelles’ President holds talks with Slovenian and Maldivian counterparts
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan and his counterpart from Slovenia, Nataša Pirc Musar, have expressed the wish to strengthen the friendly ties [...]