Ten out of 12 opposition candidates in Madagascar on Tuesday called on voters to shun a presidential election scheduled for Thursday, amid concerns about the vote's regularity. For weeks, the Indian Ocean island nation has been shaken by a fierce battle between President Andry Rajoelina, who is running for re-election, and most opposition leaders, who [...]
Businesses in Seychelles are being urged to register their beneficial ownership information with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in a three-day event at the conference room of the National Museum of History at the ex-Supreme Court in the capital of Victoria. At the event, the FIU has set up temporarily at the Museum to allow [...]
The Indian Ocean region is moving closer to a harmonised and integrated approach to collecting data for the fisheries sector. This is being prepared through the meeting of a group of ECOFish National programme managers and observers at the Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay until Wednesday. The representatives are from countries with fishing operations in the region [...]
Former UK leader David Cameron sensationally returned to the British government as foreign secretary on Monday, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shook up his top team before an expected general election next year. Cameron's comeback from the political wilderness came as Sunak sacked right-wing firebrand Suella Braverman as interior minister to try to assert his [...]
Liberians began voting on Tuesday to decide whether to hand former football star George Weah a second term as president despite a controversial record, or to elect political veteran Joseph Boakai despite his age. The run-off is expected to be close between the rivals, who also faced off in 2017 when Weah won in the [...]
The Cybercrime Unit of the Seychelles Police Force is now better equipped to to deal with cyber offences after receiving a digital forensic laboratory from the Chinese government. The equipment was handed over to the Commissioner of Police, Ted Barbe, by the Chinese chargé d'affaires, Mu Jianfeng, on Monday. The laboratory is a grant [...]
The 19th Indian Ocean Colloquium on HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and addictology opened in Seychelles on Monday under the theme "HIV at the heart of integrated, accessible care". Around 200 delegates from Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Reunion and Comoros are taking part in the three-day event and presentations on AIDS in their respective countries started on the first [...]
Rescuers in northern India battled for a second day Monday to save 40 workers trapped underground after the road tunnel they were building collapsed, bringing down tonnes of debris. Teams using heavy excavators have been working nonstop since the collapse early Sunday morning to clear piles of concrete and earth, but with more debris falling [...]
The use of green energy is making its way to the transport industry in Seychelles, not only through “greener” electric vehicles gaining popularity but also with road infrastructure moving in a similar direction. While still far off from many concepts that various other nations are aspiring towards, Seychelles will in the coming years be looking to [...]
Seychelles is undertaking its third mission to recover fish aggregating devices (FADs) under the FAD Watch Initiative and the team left on Monday on the Saya De Malha vessel for its latest outing. The month-long expedition will see members of the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA), the Seychelles Coast Guard officers, along with a group of students [...]
