The Seychelles Breweries company wants to improve its sustainability by going fully green in the coming years, the managing director revealed on Wednesday. Yvonne Mwangi made the statement after meeting with the Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House. She told reporters that the company has begun implementing its sustainability master plan. “We have a [...]
The Seychelles Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the illegal firearms and terrorism case, which started on July 3rd, to October 3rd. The persons charged in the case are prominent businessman Mukesh Valabjhi and his wife Laura, a lawyer. Also charged are Leslie Benoiton – a senior officer in the Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF), Leopold Payet - [...]
Zimbabweans on Wednesday began voting in closely-watched presidential and legislative elections after a campaign tainted by a crackdown on the opposition, fears of vote rigging and public anger at the economic crisis. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, 80, who came to power after a coup that deposed late ruler Robert Mugabe in 2017 is seeking re-election. His [...]
China on Tuesday threw its weight behind plans to expand the loosely-defined BRICS club of large emerging economies, which is seeking to assert its political and economic clout on the global stage. The BRICS nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which represent a quarter of the global economy, are meeting for three [...]
The Creative Seychelles Agency will host a Creole village during the 2023 Creole Festival from October 23 to 31 in Victoria, while the opening of the annual event will take place on Praslin, the second-largest island. In a press conference on Tuesday, detailing activities to be held during the Creole month, the agency's executive director, Emmanuel D'Offay, [...]
Seven Seychellois students are set to leave for China next week to pursue their master's and bachelor's degrees at various Chinese institutions. In a ceremony at the Ministry of Education on Tuesday morning, the students, some accompanied by their parents, received their travel documents. They will be following courses in business administration, architecture and maritime [...]
Seychelles and Malawi expect to sign general services agreement in various areas of cooperation, said Malawian High Commissioner to Seychelles, Andrew P.E.Z Kumwenda, after he was accredited on Tuesday. Kumwenda, who presented his credentials to President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House, told reporters that "We have discussed ways that we can enhance the relationship between [...]
BRICS leaders meet in South Africa on Tuesday as the loose association of major emerging economies seeks to assert its voice as a counterweight to Western dominance in global affairs. The so-called BRICS nations -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- represent a quarter of the global economy, and interest in joining the [...]
Hugues Fabrice Zango gave Burkina Faso their first global athletics title when he won men's triple jump world gold in Budapest on Monday. The 30-year-old won with a best effort of 17.64m to add gold to his world silver last year and Olympic bronze in 2021, which was the west African nation's first ever Olympic [...]
Spain's King Felipe VI began meeting party leaders on Monday in a bid to break an impasse over the formation of a new government following inconclusive elections last month. Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has headed a caretaker government with reduced powers since a July 23 general election produced a hung parliament, in which a [...]
