Category: News
President of Seychelles to embark on official trips to Japan, South Africa and Scotland
The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, will attend a series of exclusive high-level international events set to bring new development opportunities [...]
US-China trade war deteriorates, as Trump lashes out at Beijing
The United States and China exchanged blows Friday as each side increased punitive tariffs on the other, intensifying a trade war that is threatening [...]
UK High Commissioner: Seychelles can be at forefront of global efforts to fight ocean pollution
The United Kingdom (UK) is looking forward to working with Seychelles on the Blue Economy and strengthening existing relations, said the newly accredi [...]
Seychelles committed to deter sales of sugary drinks and single cigarettes, President says
President Danny Faure held his third live presidential conference on Thursday evening at State House, where journalists from eleven media houses quest [...]
Somali state braces for election with risks to regional stability
Somalia's southern state of Jubaland is under lockdown ahead of a tense election Thursday which has pitted regional authorities against Mogadishu and [...]
UN, France raise concern over Amazon wildfires ‘crisis’
Paris and the United Nations called Thursday for the protection of the fire-plagued Amazon rainforest as Brazil's right-wing president accused his Fre [...]
Seychelles approves expansion of territorial waters by nearly 15,000 square kilometres
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the incorporation of the extended continental shelf of the Northern plateau region under the Seychelles’ jurisdi [...]
Return to gold: Passon takes first medal for Seychelles in backstroke at African Games
Swimmer Felicity Passon has won the first gold medal for Seychelles on the first day of the swimming competition at the African Games taking place in [...]
Pressure mounting on EU to end ivory trade
Amid growing calls for an outright ban, the European Union has come under increasing pressure to help protect African elephants by ending the trade of [...]