New York, Aug. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Open Society Foundations announced today the creation of a $10 million Afghanistan emergency fund to support Afghans in grave danger—including champions of human rights, women’s rights, and journalists—by expanding immediate protection opportunities. The Afghanistan Emergency Humanitarian Fund will help support sponsorship
Since the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) started monitoring green turtles’ nesting in the early 1980s, there has been an almost 500 percent increase in the number coming ashore to lay eggs, an officer at the foundation said.The green turtle is lis…
A first book providing the history and the plants in the Fond Ferdinand nature reserve on Seychelles’ second-most populated island of Praslin is now available from author Steen G. Hansen.The 110-page book entitled ‘Le Ravin de Fond Ferdinand’ is anothe…
Three Seychellois divers have started a project to clean up the ocean floor at polluted sites around the main island of Mahe.In their first dive two weeks ago, the three divers — Mervin Cedras, Marcus Quatre and Dominique Thelermont — did not like wh…
Seychelles will welcome vessels with a maximum of 300 passengers for the 2021-2022 cruise ship season from mid-November, said a top official, the first port calls to the island nation after an 18-month stoppage due to COVID-19 restrictions.Pent-up dema…
The Seychelles’ Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission expects to complete a reparations policy by September this year which will determine how the victims of the island nation’s 1977 coup d’etat will be compensated.The chairperson of the …
The Seychelles Office of the Auditor General ranked first in a World Bank audit of institutional independence.Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, received a perfect score out of 10 indicators including legal, financial, mandate, cov…
A 13-year-old on holiday in Seychelles who has a gift for languages and learning has been teaching maths lessons at Beau Vallon secondary school.Issey Ryu Itahashi, a Japanese Slovak national, told SNA that he really likes to help others. He is teachin…
Seychelles, a country that imports 90 percent of what it eats, is refining its plans on food security in preparation for a report that will be presented at a UN 2021 food systems summit in New York in September.The government held talks on Tuesday with…
Avani Barbarons Seychelles Resort will be transformed into a bigger and more luxurious establishment after undergoing a multi-million-dollar makeover when it receives clients in 2023, the Avani group announced during the weekend.Work on the existing re…