Vladimir Putin travelled to Kyrgyzstan Thursday on his first foreign visit since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him in March. President Putin is wanted by the court over the deportation of Ukrainian children. Its ruling requires members of the ICC, which does not include Kyrgyzstan, to make the arrest if he [...]
Israel and Hamas traded more heavy fire Thursday in the Gaza war that has killed thousands as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited to stress strong solidarity but also urge restraint to protect Palestinian civilians. Israel's army has hammered Hamas with thousands of strikes ahead of what is widely expected to be a ground [...]
On June 18 in 1993, the Third Republic of Seychelles was born and a multi-party politics was introduced following 16 years of one-party rule. This brought about a new governance structure under the new Constitution, and a governance structure adhering to the principles of the Separation of Powers. Under the new Constitution, Cabinet Ministers could not [...]
With the aim of making the clearing of cargo faster, the Seychelles Revenue Commission (SRC) has signed an agreement that allows the ASYCUDA (Automated System for Customs Data) system to be integrated with the new Port Victoria Management Information System (PVMIS). The agreement was signed on Wednesday afternoon by the commissioner of Customs, Paul [...]
The Seychelles' Victoria Waterfront project will start in early 2024 as scheduled if everything goes according to plan, said Vice President Ahmed Afif on behalf of the Minister for Lands and Housing, Billy Rangasamy, in response to a question raised in the National Assembly on Tuesday. The question of when the project will start in view [...]
Israel kept pounding Hamas targets in Gaza, where entire districts lay in rubble Wednesday, as its soldiers found more victims five days after the Islamist militants' onslaught on its southern towns. The army said a "staggering 1,200" bodies had been discovered, mostly of unarmed civilians, while Gaza officials reported 1,055 people killed in Israel's withering [...]
Seychelles is gravely concerned by the recent attacks carried out in Israel and condemns all indiscriminate attacks on civilians in both Israel and Palestine, the Foreign Affairs Department said in a statement on Tuesday. "We send our deepest condolences to the families of innocent people who lost their lives and called for the immediate cessation [...]
Madagascar's outgoing president Andry Rajoelina launched his re-election campaign on Tuesday, promising "an orange wave" to thousands of supporters wearing his party colour who gathered in the capital, Antananarivo. Voters in the Indian Ocean island nation will elect a president on November 9 but the run-up to the poll has been marred by tensions after [...]
The French army said Tuesday it had begun withdrawing troops from Niger after being ordered out by the leaders of a coup that ousted the president and Paris ally. The move kicks off a complex and fraught process that Paris expects to be completed by the end of the year, drawing the curtain on another [...]
The three Seychellois who have been imprisoned in Egypt are healthy and being treated well, according to the newly accredited Ambassador of Egypt to Seychelles. Wael Nasr El-Din M. Attiya presented his credentials to the President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, on Tuesday at State House. He told reporters that the three Seychellois prisoners have also [...]
