The latest mission in India's ambitious space programme blasted off Saturday on a voyage towards the centre of the solar system, a week after the country's successful unmanned Moon landing. Aditya-L1 launched shortly before midday, with a live broadcast showing hundreds of spectators cheering wildly against the deafening noise of the rocket's ascent. "Congratulations to [...]
Seychelles' health authorities have agreed to expedite the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Zambia to facilitate the recruitment of Zambian health professionals to work in the island nation. In a press statement on Thursday, the Ministry of Health said that Minister Peggy Vidot and her Zambian counterpart Sylvia Masebo made the agreement during a [...]
The general who overthrew Gabon's 55-year Bongo dynasty will be sworn in on Monday as transitional president, the army said, as the opposition called for its candidate to be recognised as the winner of weekend elections. The military sought to reassure donors they would "respect all commitments" at home and abroad and "phase in" transitional [...]
Pope Francis was given an exuberant welcome to Mongolia Friday on the first papal visit to the Asian nation, as he sent a message of "unity and peace" to neighbouring China in a bid to improve ties. The 86-year-old pontiff's trip through Monday to the Buddhist-majority nation is a gesture of support for its tiny [...]
Seychelles is hosting the first ever All-African Artistic Dance Championships at the Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Hotel on Mahe Island where non-elite and masters in artistic dance will clash in a showdown. The event, which is being organised by the World Artistic Dance Federation (WADF) in collaboration with the Seychelles National Institute of Culture Heritage [...]
With a focus on restorative justice, inmate management by category, and officer training and development, the Seychelles Prison Services are transitioning to the Seychelles Correctional Services in its new strategic plan, said a top official on Thursday. Providing media houses with an update on the operations of the institution, the commissioner of the Seychelles Prison Services, Raymond St. [...]
Comoros will organise the next Indian Ocean Island Games in 2027 followed by Maldives in 2031, according to an announcement made during the meeting of the International Games Committee (CIJ) on Thursday. The committee will be writing to the Olympic Committee of Comoros and the country's government to request formal confirmation. Meanwhile, Seychellois swimmer Simon [...]
A fire that engulfed a five-storey building killed more than 70 people including children in central Johannesburg on Thursday, the South African city's emergency services said. Another 52 were injured, some suffering from smoke inhalation, and were taken for treatment at local hospitals, Emergency Management Services spokesman Robert Mulaudzi said. "We have now 73 fatalities [...]
"Reform, Prosperity and Unity" is the theme that the newly registered political party - Seychelles United Movement (SUM) - will work under if it is successful in the country's next elections in 2025. The registration ceremony of the Seychelles United Movement was held at the office of the Seychelles Electoral Commission on Friday after an [...]
Seychelles authorities have approved a class two environment impact assessment (EIA) that will allow for the extraction of sand that is managed by the state-owned Islands Development Company (IDC) to replenish its depleted stockpile of 500 cubic metres. The announcement was made by the chief executive of IDC, Glenny Savy, in a recent press conference. "Now [...]
