Two male foreign nationals received prison sentences from the Seychelles' Supreme Court for the importation of a controlled drug, the police said on Monday. According to the police statement, Bashiru Chande, 31, from Malawi, was sentenced to nine years in prison and Francis Williams, 45, from Sierra Leone, was also sentenced to nine years in [...]
Kamala Harris was closing in on her vice-presidential pick Monday, with an announcement expected within 24 hours as she scrambles to introduce herself to the American public with a tour of battleground states just three months out from the election. All paths to the White House run through a handful of swing states, and Harris [...]
Bangladesh's military was in control of the country on Tuesday after mass protests forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee. Hasina, 76, had been in power since 2009 but was accused of rigging elections in January and then watched millions of people take to the streets over the past month demanding she step [...]
The participation of the three Seychellois athletes in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has ended but they all gave their best in their respective events. In athletics, sprinter Dylan Sicobo Sicobo, one of Seychelles' flag bearers at the games, finished second in his heat in the preliminary rounds. Sicobo was racing alongside athletes from Suriname, [...]
The Supreme Court of Seychelles has fined a Sri Lankan national SCR400,000 ($27,000) for fishing in the island nation's territorial waters without a foreign fishing vessel licence. According to the court report, Mawalla Kattadilage Padmasiri, 58, skipper of the vessel Sampath 16 and his crew, were caught on June 9. The vessel was approximately 94 [...]
Ahmad Moncherry is the third Seychellois to become a professional bodybuilder after winning a pro card at the Gym Angel Classic in Klerksdorp, South Africa, held on Saturday. Moncherry, 29, managed to deliver by not only winning his pro card but claiming three gold medals. He won the Classic Bodybuilding category and clinched gold in the [...]
The humanitarian catastrophe in conflict-ravaged Sudan threatens to engulf the entire region, the United Nations warned Friday after famine was declared in the North Darfur region. War between the army and rival paramilitaries has pushed the Zamzam camp near the besieged city of El-Fasher into famine, the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) review [...]
Urgent calls grew for foreign nationals to leave Lebanon, which would be on the front line of a regional war, as Iran and its allies readied their response to high-profile killings blamed on Israel. While diplomats worked to avert a feared conflagration, France's Emmanuel Macron and Jordan's King Abdullah II said Sunday a regional military [...]
Saint Lucia celebrated Sunday after sprinter Julien Alfred stormed to victory in the women's 100m in Paris for the tiny Caribbean nation's historic first Olympic medal. Alfred upstaged the much-hyped American world champion Sha'Carri Richardson on Saturday, clinching a stunning win in 10.72sec. In the Saint Lucian capital Castries, the 23-year-old became an instant hero. [...]
People and businesses involved in weddings in Seychelles will be able to showcase their services through a newly launched "Marriage Market" online platform. The Marriage Market platform is marketed as a one-stop destination for seamless wedding planning. It eliminates the stress of couples to determine where and how to access the various services needed to [...]
