At least 17 people have been killed as popular unrest flared Thursday across Iran over the death in custody of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, local media reported, as online services were cut in a security crackdown. Amini, 22, died last week after her arrest by the Islamic republic's feared morality police for allegedly wearing a [...]
Seychelles' St. Michel football club is looking forward to its match against Daring Club (DC) Motema Pembe from the Democratic Republic of Congo in October. The Anse Aux Pins-based club progressed to the second preliminary round of the Confederation Cup of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) by a walk-over after their opponent Inter Littoral [...]
The Seychelles’ tourism industry is performing better than the forecast made when the 2022 budget was finalised last year, said the finance minister on Wednesday. Naadir Hassan made the conclusion during the review of the budget performance from January to February 2022 before the members of the National Assembly. Last year, the National Assembly approved [...]
Seychelles and several other countries in the southwestern Indian Ocean will experience less rain and lower temperatures in the coming four months compared to yearly norms, the Pre-Climate Outlook carried out this year shows. A meteorologist at the Seychelles Meteorological Authority, Egbert Quatre, explained that there are different drivers that they look at before releasing the [...]
The acting head of West Africa's regional bloc on Wednesday warned Guinea's ruling junta that the country faced "heavy sanctions" if it persisted in trying to stay in power for three years. Three years in power before a return to civilian rule is "unacceptable for ECOWAS," Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who heads the Economic [...]
The 12-monthly average inflation rate in Seychelles as of August 2022, stands at 4.78 percent driven mostly by the non-food group which makes up almost 86 percent of the weight of commodities in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket. The Seychelles National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) makes the compilation by using a basket of goods and services classified [...]
US President Joe Biden tore into Vladimir Putin on Wednesday as he addressed the United Nations, saying the Russian leader "shamelessly violated" the UN Charter when he invaded neighbor Ukraine. "Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the United Nations Charter," Biden said as he addressed the annual UN General Assembly in New York. [...]
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan held talks on Tuesday with the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on the side-lines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) taking place in New York, State House said on Wednesday. "Seychelles believes fundamentally in the United Nations and the principles ingrained in the UN Charter. For us, this multilateral [...]
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on Tuesday accused Rwanda of direct aggression, renewing charges as he addressed the United Nations. "Despite my goodwill and the Congolese people's outstretched hand for peace, some of our neighbors find no way to thank us other than supporting armed groups in the east of the Democratic Republic [...]
Global leaders called Tuesday for urgent efforts to address global food insecurity amid fears of disastrous harvests next year, as Ukraine's president blamed Russia for the crisis and sought the world's "toughest reaction" against Moscow. On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, ministers from the European Union, United States, African Union and Spain [...]
