A French court will try Pascaline Bongo, eldest daughter of Gabon's former president Omar Bongo, early next year on suspicion of corruption, a judicial source told AFP. First reported by French daily Liberation, the January 29-February 1 case will also target French construction firm Egis Route and five other people. Pascaline Bongo, who was her [...]
The Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA) launched a Port Victoria Management Information System (PVMIS) on Friday as part of the celebrations of the Mahe Quay's 50th anniversary. The PVMIS was officially put online by Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan and the Minister for Transport, Antony Derjacques. The mechanism is a centralised information system where all the forms [...]
Scientists and conservationists from Seychelles, Madagascar and Mauritius, learned more about the various research on the Aldabra Giant tortoise in a symposium held in the capital Victoria on Thursday. The symposium was held under the theme "Giant Tortoises: The Past, The Present, The Future." It was the first event in a series of activities a group of [...]
Seychelles is becoming more accessible to visitors from other parts of the world with an increase in airline connections and flight frequencies, said Tourism Seychelles, the marketing arm of the tourism department Last Saturday, Condor Airlines resumed seasonal flights to Seychelles with a new innovative aircraft, the Airbus A330Neo-900. The charter airline links Seychelles directly [...]
A Russian strike killed at least 51 people gathered for a wake in an eastern Ukrainian village Thursday, provoking a wave of outrage from Western leaders for what a UN official called a "horrifying" attack. AFP journalists on the scene in the aftermath saw rescuers carrying a corpse from the rubble and several charred bodies [...]
The United Nations voiced concern Wednesday over the deadly violence in Liberia ahead of elections next week, urging all sides to pull back from inciting bloodshed or hatred. Deadly clashes have taken place in Liberia between supporters of the country's two main political parties in the build-up to the October 10 presidential and parliamentary elections [...]
Seychelles and the European Union (EU) agreed to enhance their cooperation in the areas of maritime security, sustainable ocean management, fisheries and trade among others at the 10th Political Dialogue. According to Seychelles' Foreign Affairs Department, the Seychelles-EU Political Dialogue took place at Eden Bleu on Thursday, co-chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde, [...]
Seychelles is seeking the technical assistance of the World Bank through a soft loan to address the problems the island nation is facing with its solid waste management, said Vice President Ahmed Afif on Thursday. In its meeting on Wednesday, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal for seeking a loan of $5 million from [...]
On June 18 in 1993, the Third Republic of Seychelles was born and 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 be Members [...]
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka cut interest rates by 100 basis points Thursday as the second instalment of an IMF bailout was held up after the government missed several loan conditions. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) said it reduced the benchmark lending rate to 11 percent as year-on-year inflation fell sharply last month to 1.3 [...]
