A Paris court will on Monday hand down its verdict in the trial of Air France and plane manufacturer Airbus over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight, with families of the victims hoping judges will ignore the recommendation of prosecutors not to seek a conviction. Prosecutors said as hearings in the eight-week trial wound [...]
The National Arts and Cultural Fund was launched at State House on Saturday to allow interested persons both in Seychelles and abroad to help in the protection and promotion of the Seychellois culture and heritage. Philanthropists and prospective partners were present to make a contribution to the fund. The money collected, of which the total has [...]
After a sleepless night as fighting raged, Khartoum residents are cautiously venturing out to buy supplies fearing a prolonged fight between Sudan's regular army and paramilitaries. "We have been living in terror since yesterday," said 43-year-old Sanaa Mohamed, outside a bakery in a northern Khartoum suburb. "The explosions terrified my children," added Mohamed, who hurried [...]
MyBeachProject is turning rubbish collected on Grand Anse on Praslin, the second most populated island in Seychelles, into pop art to inspire change. The project was launched in 2019 by Stefanie Wichmann from Germany, now living on Praslin, who noticed some plastic bottles when walking on the beach for the first time. Wichmann came to Seychelles to work with an [...]
Three civilians died in battles between Sudanese paramilitaries and the regular army, which said it launched air strikes against them, sparking global concern days after the army warned the country was at a "dangerous" turning point. The paramilitaries said they were in control of the presidential place as well as Khartoum airport, claims denied by [...]
A not-for-profit organisation, Oceanika, is calling on industrial fishing vessels to make more effort to remove fish aggregating devices (FADs) after fishing, after the NPO removed 24 fish FADs from Seychelles' waters. Oceanika, which has offices in Geneva and Thailand and has recently established one in Seychelles, has set an aim of locating and removing [...]
Air Seychelles will offer twice weekly flights to Colombo, Sri Lanka, commencing in June, the airline said on Tuesday. The inaugural flight will depart the main island of Mahe on June 20 at 10.05 p.m. and expect to arrive in Colombo four hours later. The flights will be served by Air Seychelles' Airbus A320neo aircraft. [...]
Seychelles’ Chief Justice Rony Govinden on Friday ordered, in relation to a notice of motion filed on behalf of the Anti-Corruption Commission of Seychelles (ACCS), to amend the charges on the indictment faced by businessman Mukesh Valabhji, who was also the former economic adviser to President France Albert Rene, and Sarah Zarqani Rene, the widow of former [...]
Developing football infrastructures will be one area where FIFA will support Seychelles in the coming years, says the organisation's president, Gianni Infantino on Friday. The president of the international football's governing body made the statement after he met with Seychelles' President and also the patron of the country's football federation, Wavel Ramkalawan, at State House. [...]
Dry-spells known as flash droughts, with a surprisingly rapid onset and often devastating impact, are becoming more frequent as human activity warms the planet, according to a study published Thursday. Though droughts are generally thought of as long-term phenomena, some can occur quite suddenly, in a matter of weeks, when the conditions are right. Global [...]
