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Health officials meet to validate disease surveillance and response guidelines
Health officers in Seychelles met to validate the country’s version of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Integrated Disease Surveillance and Respo [...]
Seychelles working to develop a Blue Economy policy for Africa, presidents tells conference in Japan
Seychelles is working with African organisations to develop a Blue Economy policy for the continent, President Danny Faure said at a conference taking [...]
African forest fires in spotlight after Amazon outcry
In NASA satellite images, forest fires in central Africa appear to burn alarmingly like a red chain from Gabon to Angola similar to the blazes in Braz [...]
A volcanic eruption and 25,590 rat tails: Strange days in Seychelles’ Augusts past
August is the eighth month of the year, and in Seychelles it's normally a calm one with all state schools on a month-long holiday.
But what are in [...]
Banking by app: Mauritius Bank offers customers in Seychelles mobile phone transactions
Clients of Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) in Seychelles can withdraw money at ATMs without a bank card and pay bills via the bank’s mobile app.
The t [...]
Italy’s Stromboli volcano erupts, sparking huge ash cloud
Italy's Stromboli volcano off the coast of Sicily erupted Wednesday, according to fire fighters who rushed to put out wildfires sparked by lava flows. [...]
UK PM triggers outrage with move to suspend parliament
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Wednesday that parliament would be suspended until October 14 -- just two weeks before the UK is set to [...]
Interview: Seychelles has a ‘genuine desire’ to prevent gender-based violence, help victims
A five-day gender-based violence (GBV) session organised by Seychelles’ Ministry of Family Affairs in collaboration with the United States Defence Ins [...]
Date for Seychelles’ 2020 presidential election to be announced next August, official says
The next presidential election in Seychelles will take place between September and November next year, according to the Elections Act, said the chairp [...]
J&J verdict sends opioid makers a billion-dollar warning
The US pharmaceutical industry faces tens of billions of dollars in potential damage payments for fueling the opioid addiction crisis after Oklahoma w [...]