A time capsule launched by the Seychelles National Assembly as part of the celebrations of its 30th anniversary with messages of aspirations by the leaders of the executive and the parliament will be sealed on Monday, July 31. The messages inside the capsule which will be opened in 2053, another 30 years, included those of [...]
African leaders on Sunday gave the junta in Niger one week to cede power or face the possible use of force, and slapped financial sanctions on the putschists, after the latest coup in the jihadist-plagued Sahel region raised alarm on the continent and in the West. In the third coup in as many years to [...]
The Central African Republic began voting on Sunday in a referendum on a new constitution that would allow President Faustin-Archange Touadera to seek a third term in a country which has endured several coups. In 2020 Touadera won a second term through to 2025, after a vote interrupted by several incursions by armed rebel groups, [...]
An exhibition called "Forgotten Saints," where the artist chose to work on photographs of slaves, has opened at the Eden Art Gallery on Eden Island and is expected to tour Africa. There are 33 works on display produced by veteran artist Emmanual D'Offay, who sees himself as a slave activist who denounces slavery for all its atrocities. [...]
The African Union demanded Niger's military "return to their barracks and restore constitutional authority" within 15 days as the EU intensified pressure on the coup leaders Saturday by suspending security cooperation with the jihadist-hit country. General Abdourahamane Tiani, head of the Presidential Guard since 2011, appeared on state television on Friday to declare himself the [...]
The newly constructed St. Mary's Hospital on Seychelles' La Digue Island is expected to be fully operational, with the transfer of all existing services offered by the old Logan Hospital, by September 1. This will be two weeks after its inauguration, planned for August 15, to coincide with the island's feast of the Assumption of [...]
Travellers entering Seychelles will for the next few weeks have to rely on the services of a smaller temporary duty-free shop at the arrival lounge, as the current one, run by Seychelles Trading Company (STC) is being refurbished. This was revealed to reporters on Thursday by the airport manager, Eric Frost, during a media visit [...]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday offered free grain to six African countries as he launched a summit with leaders from the continent days after withdrawing from the Ukraine grain export deal. The two-day summit in Putin's native Saint Petersburg is being scrutinised as a test of his support in Africa, where he retains backing [...]
Coup leaders in Niger said Thursday they had won broad army support and called for calm, but former colonial power France said it did not consider the apparent putsch "final". French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said there were "ways out" for coup plotters who chose to heed global condemnation of President Mohamed Bazoum's ouster. The [...]
The Seychelles tourism environmental sustainability levy will into force on August 1 as per the structure announced by the Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trade in July, the Ministry said on Thursday. The regulations governing the levy will be gazetted on Friday, July 28, and the ministry said that it will be charged on a three-tiered [...]
