Three civilians died in battles between Sudanese paramilitaries and the regular army, which said it launched air strikes against them, sparking global concern days after the army warned the country was at a "dangerous" turning point. The paramilitaries said they were in control of the presidential place as well as Khartoum airport, claims denied by [...]
A not-for-profit organisation, Oceanika, is calling on industrial fishing vessels to make more effort to remove fish aggregating devices (FADs) after fishing, after the NPO removed 24 fish FADs from Seychelles' waters. Oceanika, which has offices in Geneva and Thailand and has recently established one in Seychelles, has set an aim of locating and removing [...]
Air Seychelles will offer twice weekly flights to Colombo, Sri Lanka, commencing in June, the airline said on Tuesday. The inaugural flight will depart the main island of Mahe on June 20 at 10.05 p.m. and expect to arrive in Colombo four hours later. The flights will be served by Air Seychelles' Airbus A320neo aircraft. [...]
Seychelles’ Chief Justice Rony Govinden on Friday ordered, in relation to a notice of motion filed on behalf of the Anti-Corruption Commission of Seychelles (ACCS), to amend the charges on the indictment faced by businessman Mukesh Valabhji, who was also the former economic adviser to President France Albert Rene, and Sarah Zarqani Rene, the widow of former [...]
Developing football infrastructures will be one area where FIFA will support Seychelles in the coming years, says the organisation's president, Gianni Infantino on Friday. The president of the international football's governing body made the statement after he met with Seychelles' President and also the patron of the country's football federation, Wavel Ramkalawan, at State House. [...]
Dry-spells known as flash droughts, with a surprisingly rapid onset and often devastating impact, are becoming more frequent as human activity warms the planet, according to a study published Thursday. Though droughts are generally thought of as long-term phenomena, some can occur quite suddenly, in a matter of weeks, when the conditions are right. Global [...]
France's top constitutional court is on Friday to decide whether it approves President Emmanuel Macron's contentious pensions reform after months of protests against the legislation. If the Constitutional Council gives its green light for the core parts of the bill, the centrist 45-year-old leader hopes to sign the changes into law immediately, clearing the way [...]
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Service in London who are investigating the 1985 murder of Gerard Hoarau, a former political figure from Seychelles, are appealing for information more than 37 years after the killing. According to a press release from the Met Police on Friday, the ongoing investigation is being led by detectives from the [...]
More Seychellois athletes are expected to benefit from high-level training in South Africa through the formalisation of an agreement between the High-Performance Centre (hpc) of the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and Seychelles' Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Family. Swimming and athletics competitors will be the first to have the chance to develop their abilities through [...]
A malaria vaccine developed by Britain's Oxford University is to be used in Ghana, the first time it has received regulatory clearance anywhere in the world. "The vaccine has been approved for use in children aged 5-36 months, the age group at highest risk of death from malaria," the university said in a statement. "It [...]
