Seychelles' bodybuilder Wallace Dorasamy has ended 2024 with another top performance winning bronze at the Romania Muscle Fest. Dorasamy competed in the competition held in Bucharest on Saturday and finished third in the Men's Open Bodybuilding in the middleweight category, to claim a bronze medal. "This by far was the highest level of competition I have ever [...]
The Mauritius opposition appeared to be headed for victory in legislative elections after Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Monday conceded defeat. Final results have yet to be officially released, but opposition leader Navin Ramgoolam looked set to take over the post of prime minister for the third time at the head of his Alliance of [...]
The 16th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)7 was suspended early on November 2 after losing quorum, but not before reaching a historic agreement. The key outcomes included operationalising a new global mechanism for sharing benefits from digital genetic information and expanding the role of local communities and Indigenous [...]
Russia is seeking to woo African countries this weekend at a summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, with President Vladimir Putin promising the continent "total support". Facing isolation in the West following its full-scale offensive against Ukraine, Moscow has tried to build new partnerships across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, promoting itself [...]
A new book written by Seychellois Marsha Parcou and her South African husband Kirschlee Naidoo about their deeply personal journey of love, growth, and discovery as a couple and the challenges they faced in life and how to overcome them was launched on Saturday. The new book is entitled "Coffee Chocolate & Cardio" and is about [...]
Together with other world leaders, Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan has sent a congratulatory message to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump following his election victory as the 47th President of the United States of America this week, according to a Department of Foreign Affairs statement on Saturday. Ramkalawan said that “This remarkable achievement reflects the trust and hope [...]
Devastating flooding in South Sudan is affecting around 1.4 million people, with more than 379,000 displaced, according to a United Nations update that warned about an upsurge in malaria. Aid agencies have said that the world's youngest country, highly vulnerable to climate change, is in the grip of its worst flooding in decades, mainly in [...]
A handful of demonstrators marched peacefully through the streets of Victoria, the capital of Seychelles, to protest against the proposed Assumption Island hotel project on Saturday. The group, led by Seychelles Independent Newspaper editor Ralph Volcere, are urging the government to “halt the project until all relevant information is disclosed to the public in an [...]
Women's football in Seychelles is on the rise, with the country making huge strides at the international level, making the FIFA World Rankings, and most recently competing in its first-ever senior international tournament. Key to the team's success has been the captain and top player, Pascalina Moustache. Hailing from the Pointe Larue district, the 33-year-old [...]
The bells of Notre Dame in Paris rang out together on Friday for the first time since a 2019 fire that devastated the historic cathedral, AFP reporters said. The sound of the eight bells in Notre Dame's northern belfry came a month before the cathedral is to reopen following five years of painstaking restoration work [...]
