Seychelles' former President Danny Faure is leading a team of Commonwealth election observers to the Maldives for the presidential election on September 9, 2023. According to a press statement from Commonwealth on Monday, Faure, who is the Chairperson of the Observer Group, said that the presence of Commonwealth observers at the 2023 Presidential Election in Maldives affirms the [...]
Four Seychellois will participate in the 60th Venice Biennale, which will be held next year under the theme ‘Foreigners Everywhere, from April 20 to November 24, said a top official of the Creative Seychelles Agency (CSA), on Wednesday. The Venice Biennale will oThe executive director of CSA, Emmanuel D'Offay, told reporters that the four artists chosen are Ryan [...]
The number of people under 50 diagnosed with cancer has surged worldwide in the last three decades but it is not fully clear why, a study said on Wednesday. Cases of cancer among people aged 14 to 49 rose by nearly 80 percent, from 1.82 million to 3.26 million, between 1990 to 2019, according to [...]
Eritrean troops allied with Ethiopia's government "committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity" in Tigray, raping, enslaving and executing civilians for months after the signing of a peace agreement, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The report by the rights watchdog was dismissed by the Eritrean government, which said the allegations "have no substance or merit". [...]
Seychellois canoeist Frederick Ladouceur De Speville is on a challenge to go around the main island of Mahe in his kayak in less than a day on November 11 with the aim to raise funds for a children's room at the newly built hospital on La Digue Island. The 53-year-old, who comes from La Digue, [...]
Eight Iranians, sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Seychelles Supreme Court for the importation and conspiracy to import illicit drugs, have been sent back to Iran. The commissioner of the Seychelles Prison Services, Raymond St. Ange, confirmed that the Iranians have been sent home in a Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) television news on [...]
The UAE pledged $4.5 billion in clean energy investments in Africa on Tuesday at a landmark climate summit aimed to showcase the continent's potential as a green powerhouse. Kenyan President William Ruto has sought to use the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi to shift the narrative on the region, presenting the clean energy transition as [...]
Thousands of Gabonese, many of them voicing joy and relief as a new era dawned, on Monday watched the inauguration of the military chief who last week toppled the Bongo dynasty, the rulers of their oil-rich state for more than half a century. General Brice Oligui Nguema took the oath of office as president, five [...]
The Seychelles delegation that competed in the 11th Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) in Madagascar are returning to the island nation, with two groups of athletes and officials already back. A third is expected back on Wednesday afternoon. At the Games, which took place from August 24 to September 3, Seychelles won a total of [...]
The Vatican Ambassador to Seychelles visited the island nation recently pledging more support and cooperation in the fight against drugs, responding to President Wavel Ramkalawan's request for support following his accreditation earlier this year. In March, the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Tomasz Grysa, held discussions with the head of state, which revolved around addressing social ills such as [...]
