Seychelles

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:38:21 GMT
Seychelles' Natural History Museum Will House Staff While Renovation Is Completed By July 2024
[Seychelles News Agency] The 114-year-old Carnegie building, in which the Natural History Museum was located, is being restored with its original facade and will be shared by staff of the museum and the Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trad...

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:32:49 GMT
At Least 3 Dead in Lake Victoria Boat Accident
[Nile Post] At least three people have been confirmed dead as as many missing after a boat they were travelling in capsized on Lake Victoria in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, sources say.

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:23:58 GMT
Seychelles to Conduct Tech Assessments for Agrivoltaics for Crop Production
[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles intends to implement more technology into the agricultural sector and has joined two other African countries, South Africa and Zambia, to take part in a pilot project.

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 15:19:52 GMT
Seychelles Planning to Lift Moratorium On Increasing Tourism Accomodation On La Digue
[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles' tourism authorities are looking into the possibility of lifting the existing moratorium on building new tourism establishments on La Digue Island, the third most populated of the island nation, said a top tourism ...

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 09:49:53 GMT
Team Seychelles Prepares to Leave for African Games in Ghana, Aiming for the Best
[Seychelles News Agency] Team Seychelles received its sending-off for the upcoming African Games from March 8 to 23, in a ceremony on Monday at the Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay resort.

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 07:14:33 GMT
India Navy to Open Strategic Base Near Maldives
[Seychelles News Agency] India's navy has said it is bolstering forces on "strategically important" islands close to the Maldives, with a new base set to open just days before Male starts sending home Indian forces.

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 09:48:14 GMT
New Vessel Unveiled to Link Cargo Between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Uganda has introduced a new ro-ro vessel, MV Mpungu, that is set to conduct operations between Kenya Uganda, and Tanzania.

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:23:32 GMT
Seychelles Investment Board Celebrates 20th Anniversary
[Seychelles News Agency] The Seychelles Investment Board (SIB) kicked off celebrations for its 20th anniversary with the unveiling of its commemorative logo that will be used throughout this year.

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:22:51 GMT
Seychelles Asks for Japan's Support for MVI for Small Island Developing States
[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles has asked Japan to support the island nation's advocacy for the multidimensional vulnerability index (MVI) at a reception celebrating the 64th birthday of Emperor Naruhito of Japan on Saturday, February 24.

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 12:34:38 GMT
Top 5 Finalists Seychelles Sports Awards for 2023 Announced
[Seychelles News Agency] The top five list for Seychelles sportsmen and sportswomen of the year has been announced by the award's selection committee while for the first time a 'People's Choice Award' will also be included in this year's ceremony.

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:36:05 GMT
Who Wants to Live By the Sea?
[IPS] Victoria, Republic of Seychelles -- For most of history, only those who made their living from the sea chose to live on the coast. Fear of being battered by storms, not to mention vulnerability to attacks from foreign navies, kept most people i...

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 11:08:34 GMT
Seychelles' Beau Vallon Promenade Project Starts Feb. 22 Despite Delays
[Seychelles News Agency] The Beau Vallon Promenade project in the north of Mahe, Seychelles' main island, will begin on Thursday, February 22, with the felling of several trees in the area, in the first phase, to make space for the planned developmen...

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:54:59 GMT
Seychelles' NGO Week Celebrations to Launch On Bigger Scale
[Seychelles News Agency] Citizens Engagement Platform Seychelles (CEPS) will join the rest of the world to celebrate non -governmental organisations (NGOs) on a bigger scale this year.

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:55:13 GMT
Two Years Into Russia-Ukraine War, Negotiations a Distant Prospect
[Seychelles News Agency] After two years of war in Ukraine, there is no prospect of negotiations to find a breakthrough as Russian President Vladimir Putin, emboldened by the erosion of Western support for Kyiv, girds for a long conflict.

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