South Africa's ruling party on Friday launches a closely watched conference that looks set to re-elect Cyril Ramaphosa as leader, despite a tarnishing cash-heist scandal. Some 4,500 African National Congress (ANC) delegates from across the country are due to vote during the five-day convention at an events centre near Johannesburg. Ramaphosa is bidding to retain [...]
Japan on Friday unveiled a new national security plan that signals the country's biggest military buildup since World War II, doubling defense spending and veering from its pacifist constitution in the face of growing threats from regional rivals. Source: Latest CNN News
The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, had a series of networking meetings on the sidelines of the U.S.-Africa Leaders' Summit 2022 which took place in Washington DC, December 13-15. According to a State House press release on Thursday, the meetings and other events he attended were relevant to the Seychelles Agenda. On Wednesday evening, Ramkalawan [...]
Russia's attacks on Ukraine's power grid are targeting the entire population, casting people into darkness and cold, and pushing the US closer to sending the Patriot missile defense system long sought by Ukraine's government. Source: Latest CNN News
Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov and historian Nina Khrushcheva talk to Christiane Amanpour about how Russian and Ukraine have changed after nearly a year of war. Source: Latest CNN News
Retired Major General James "Spider" Marks joins CNN's Kate Bolduan to explain the significance of the Biden administration finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine, according to two US officials and a senior administration official. Source: Latest CNN News
Ukrainian forces have unleashed the biggest attack on the occupied Donetsk region since 2014, according to a Russia-installed official, in the wake of heavy fighting in the east of the country. Source: Latest CNN News
The flag of the Indian Ocean Youth and Sport Commission (CJSOI) Games arrived in Seychelles on Wednesday confirming the island nation as the host of the next games in 2025. The CJSOI flag was handed over to the Seychelles' delegation at the closing ceremony on Sunday and will now be handed over to President Wavel [...]
President Joe Biden called Wednesday for a long-term partnership with Africa rooted in good governance as US businesses unveiled billions of dollars led by tech investment for a continent where China has become a top player. Addressing a summit that brought 49 African leaders to the Washington cold, Biden avoided uttering China's name but made [...]
Six local investors received their licences for research and development, hatchery and nursery, and production in the aquaculture sector, inching Seychelles closer to reducing its importation of certain seafood and allowing for more export of certain species. The licences were presented to the investors in a short ceremony on Wednesday by the interim chief executive of the [...]
