Seychelles won two gold medals, two silver and six bronze medals at the 2023 Special Olympic World Games in Berlin, Germany. The gold medals for Team Seychelles came from Jean-Marc de Sylva in the running long jump with 2.38m. He finished ahead of Mauritius' Mitchell Prosper with 2.17m and in third place was Richard Peter of South [...]
Forest fires in Canada left Montreal blanketed with smog on Sunday, giving it the worst air quality of any major city in the world, according to a pollution monitor. Quebec province's most populous city had 'unhealthy' air quality according to IQAir, which tracks pollution around the globe, as hundreds of wildfires burned across the country. [...]
There is a need for command posts at the Victoria Port and Mahe International Airport to shift from an operational to a management mindset when dealing with emergencies, said an officer of Seychelles' Disaster Risk Management Division (DRMD). The chief risk management officer, Daniel Cetoupe, made the statement on Friday, after two days of emergency [...]
Vote counting began in Sierra Leone on Saturday following a mostly peaceful general election despite a late start in some polling stations, as the opposition denounced alleged irregularities. President Julius Maada Bio is seeking a second term amid a crippling cost-of-living crisis that sparked deadly riots last year. Twelve men and one woman are vying [...]
An "anti-terrorist operation regime" was still in force in Moscow on Sunday, a day after mutinous Wagner mercenaries threatened to storm the Russian capital, in a dramatic security crisis for President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin announced Saturday that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin who led the rebellion will be sent to Belarus after mediation by Minsk [...]
One of Seychelles' special nature reserves, Aride Island, has temporarily closed its doors to the public to concentrate on conservation work as migration brings more birds to the island, a not-for-profit organisation announced recently. Located nine kilometres north of Praslin, the second most populated island, Aride was designated as a special nature reserve under the Seychelles National [...]
Rebel mercenaries advanced north towards Moscow after seizing a key military base Saturday, just as Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin's vowed to defeat the revolt and head off the threat of civil war. The rapidly escalating events mark the most serious challenge yet to the Russian president's rule -- and Russia's most serious security crisis since [...]
Seychelles' Kevin Betsy has joined England's League One side Cambridge United as assistant head coach. Betsy will work alongside the Cambridge United head coach, Mark Bonner, as the club look for a way into the championship. According to the club's website, Betsy said: "I am very excited. It is a fantastic opportunity to join Mark, Ben [...]
Seychelles' late former President, Sir James Richard Mancham, is being honoured as a contemporary political figure in the island nation through an exhibition that opened on Tuesday. The exhibition, depicting the life of Mancham, is being held at the National Museum of History at the former Supreme Court Building in the capital Victoria. It has a collection of items donated by [...]
A new self-certification system called the Registered Exporter System (REX) will go live in Seychelles as of July 1 for goods originating from the island nation to the European Union countries. According to the manager of classification, valuation and rules of origin in the Customs Division, Gerda Cesar, this is a system that will replace the EUR.1 [...]
