Category: News
Seychelles launches 15-year development strategy ‘to improve quality of life of our people’
Seychelles has launched its new national long-term vision and development strategy aimed at charting a pathway for future development.
The Vision 2033 [...]
Papua New Guinea says vast gas project to go ahead
Papua New Guinea says a multi-billion liquified natural gas (LNG) project will go ahead despite initial misgivings from new Prime Minister James Marap [...]
Project to show realities of Seychelles’ faraway Aldabra Atoll is cancelled due to road plan
Aldabra House, a project aimed at bringing the remote Aldabra Atoll closer to the community, has been cancelled, the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SI [...]
Double shootings heighten fears of ‘white terrorism’ in US
Armed with assault rifles and clad in combat gear, two white men methodically gunned down nearly 30 people over the weekend, underscoring fears that " [...]
US, Taliban push for peace in day 2 of talks
The US and the Taliban will seek to thrash out elements of a deal to bring a close to Afghanistan's 18-year conflict in the second day of renewed talk [...]
Interview with ‘Golden Girl’ Felicity Passon: Olympic dreams follow record medal performance
Now called the ‘Golden Girl’ of Seychelles, Felicity Passon holds the country’s record for the greatest number of medals won at an Indian Ocean Island [...]
New deal will bring 32 teachers from Zambia to Seychelles to help address shortage
A second cohort of Zambian teachers is expected in Seychelles this month following the signing of a memorandum of understanding on Saturday to address [...]
Seychelles, Maldives are ‘giants’ on climate change, President Faure tells President Solih
The President of Maldives was the guest of honour at a cocktail organised by his Seychellois counterpart at State House on Friday evening.
Ibrahim M [...]
Demise of US-Russia nuclear treaty fuels fears of new arms race
The United States vowed to upgrade its cruise and ballistic missile capability as the collapse Friday of a Cold War nuclear pact with Russia triggered [...]
Air Seychelles adds a new Airbus A320neo to its fleet
Air Seychelles, the island nation's national carrier, has added an Airbus A320neo to its international fleet, becoming the first airline in the Indian [...]