The ways in which the Southern African Development Community (SADC) can contribute to Seychelles in important areas like tourism was one of the subjects discussed between President Wavel Ramkalawan and the executive secretary of the organisation on Friday. SADC’s executive secretary, Elias Magosi, who met with Ramkalawan at State House, told reporters that a number […]
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Maritime safety and security within the Indian Ocean are set to increase and will benefit Seychelles as two centres dealing with and coordinating maritime information exchange signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday. The MoU was signed by the director of the Seychelles-based Regional Coordination Operations Centre (RCOC), Sam Gonthier, and done virtually by […]
Seychelles’ Vice-President Ahmed Afif congratulated the COP27 presidency for leading the historic decision to establish a new loss and damage response fund in Egypt, State House said on Sunday. Afif led Seychelles’ delegation at the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) from February 18 to 19 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. […]
The Chagossian community must be included in any negotiations about the future of the island, said the chairperson of the Seychelles Chagossian Committee after discussions with the Human Rights Watch (HRW). Pierre Prosper told SNA on Friday that Seychelles was represented in discussions that led to the report. “In the discussions with HRW, we spoke […]
The Seychelles Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced а Russian 39-year-old man, Dimitri Sandul, to two and a half years in prison for wilful neglect that led to the death of his 17-month-old son, Emelyan Jandurl. The 17-month-old Russian baby died on Saturday, January 21, after being left alone in an air-conditioned car in a car […]
The Seychelles Investment Board (SIB) has registered an increase in investors in the cinnamon industry and efforts are being undertaken to assist them in their work. The SIB chief executive officer, Anne Rosette, told SNA that SIB now has a list of 20 investors who are joining the cinnamon industry. “We are quite satisfied with […]
The first batch of white shrimp grown in Seychelles is expected to hit the local market around April said the chief executive of the Islands Development Company (DC), Glenny Savy, on Wednesday. The IDC is mass producing shrimps on Coetivy, one of Seychelles outer islands. “Unfortunately, the first batch will not be enough for the […]
Sea cucumber fishers in Seychelles are being asked to submit their proposals to be part of the exploratory harvesting of the species under the joint management area (JMA) managed by Seychelles and Mauritius, said a top official. The JMA is the mechanism of joint jurisdiction between Seychelles and Mauritius over an area of the seabed […]
The outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Seychelles, Guo Wei, was honoured at a farewell reception at the Eden Bleu hotel, also marking celebration of the Chinese Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year. The ceremony took place on Wednesday evening in the presence of the President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, the Vice-President, Ahmed Afif, […]
The Seychelles tourism department has expressed satisfaction with the number of visitor arrivals at the end of 2022, which has surpassed expectations. The figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics for the week ending January 1 show that the year-to-date total of arrivals is 334,552 which represents an increase of 81 percent compared to […]
THE speaker of the National Assembly of Seychelles, Honourable Roger Mancienne (RM), is the new president of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, which brings together 15 national parliaments in SADC. This is after he was unanimously elected for two years at the 52nd plenary Assembly Session that took place in Kinshasa, the capital city of the […]
Seychelles’ former President Danny Faure will lead a team of Commonwealth observers to the general election of Antigua and Barbuda scheduled for January 18. According to a press release on Thursday, the announcement for the composition of the Commonwealth Observation Group was announced by the Secretary-General, Baroness Patricia Scotland, in response to an invitation from […]
Seychelles, a group of 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean, is a dream destination. The islands are famous for their crystal-clear waters, powdery white sandy beaches, pristine green environment, and diverse but yet unique biodiversity. It is often referred to as paradise on earth where there are just over 100,000 people and there is […]
Work has begun to set up a National Drug Observatory (NDO) in Seychelles that will help the health authorities collect, analyse and share information related to the supply and demand of drugs in the country. Representatives from the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Kenya’s National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol […]
Seychelles’ capital of Victoria has only two shoe cobblers left. Both men work alone and do not have someone to replace them, so the future of the profession is under threat. Armantal Lespoir has his own shoe repair business near Sir Selwyn’s Clark Market – the main market- and Flavien Alphonse owns the Island Shoe […]
The Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) will maintain its monetary policy rate relaxed at 2 percent during the first quarter of 2023 while keeping a close eye on international developments for quick response if needed. On December 29, CBS’ board decided to maintain an accommodative stance in its monetary policy rates having taken into account […]
The mandate of the Seychelles’ Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) has been extended until March 2023 to give it more time to finalise its report. The extension for three months was approved by the National Assembly on December 13 for TRNUC to work through 373 determinations. This was the second time the mandate […]
Seychelles continues to lose known and unknown biodiversity due to a lack of funding, manpower and a democratic mechanism to disburse available funding, said the chief executive of Nature Seychelles, a not-for-profit organisation. Nirmal Shah made the statement in an interview with SNA on his reaction to the outcomes of the recently held 15th meeting […]