CNN's Hadas Gold speaks to Leonid Nevzlin, a former oligarch who moved to Israel nearly 20 years ago, on his decision to publicly renounce his Russian citizenship. Source: Latest CNN News
The Democratic Republic of Congo was admitted Tuesday into the regional East African Community (EAC), a bloc with a single market allowing free trade and movement of citizens, the group said. The EAC, based in the Tanzanian town of Arusha, now expands to seven nations, counting Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Sudan and Uganda among [...]
Russia's military says it has moved on to a new phase of its so-called "special military operation" in Ukraine, claiming that it is shifting its focus to the Donbas region in Ukraine's east. Source: Latest CNN News
Online travel authorisation for Seychellois passport holders for entry to their homeland will be free of charge as of Friday, April 1, the Ministry of Transport announced on Thursday. The change applies to all applications by Seychellois passport holders for both the standard application fee of €5.40 and expedited application of €25.40. These same fees [...]
The barrage of sanctions imposed by the West following Russia's invasion of Ukraine decimated the ruble. But one month after the tanks rolled, the currency has made a full recovery and is now trading at levels seen prior to the war. How is that possible? Source: Latest CNN News
Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan has stressed on the vulnerabilities of the island nation vis-a-vis the effects of climate change despite having delivered on most of the sustainable development goals at an action forum in Dubai on Wednesday. State House said that Ramkalawan participated in a forum ‘Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Action under the theme: [...]
CNN's Zain Asher speaks with Dmytro, a former IT leader who is now defending his city of Chernihiv, Ukraine, against the Russian armed forces. Source: Latest CNN News
Seychelles expects to set up a fisheries harvest strategy policy in the third quarter of 2022 that will allow relevant authorities to monitor, examine and manage the stocks of different species, a top government official said on Wednesday. Key actors in the fisheries sector in Seychelles attended a training session on 'Seychelles' Fisheries Harvest Strategy [...]
Liverpool star Sadio Mane converted a shoot-out penalty on Tuesday to take African champions Senegal to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the expense of Egypt. Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco and Tunisia also booked their places in the finals on a frantic night of play-off action. Senegal won the second leg of the African play-off [...]