Seychelles' former President, Danny Faure, will lead the Commonwealth Observer Group - comprising of politics, media, gender, and election administration experts - at the general elections in Lesotho on October 7. "It is an honor for Seychelles and a responsibility that I have accepted to discharge with the team in support of the Commonwealth to the principle of [...]
Pope Francis on Tuesday appealed for peace and an end to the "senseless and tragic war" in Ukraine during the start of a three-day visit to Kazakhstan. The Argentine pope, who is forced by knee pain to use a wheelchair and has admitted he must slow down or consider retirement, made the journey to participate [...]
Charles III on Tuesday made his maiden visit to Northern Ireland as king, as he tours all four nations of the United Kingdom before next week's state funeral of his mother Queen Elizabeth II. The 73-year-old head of state's jet touched down in Belfast from Edinburgh, where the late queen's coffin was brought after her [...]
William Ruto pledged to work for all Kenyans after he was sworn in as president at a pomp-filled ceremony on Tuesday, five weeks after his narrow victory in a bitterly-fought but largely peaceful election. Tens of thousands of people joined regional heads of state at a packed stadium in Nairobi to watch him take the [...]
Food security and production is a matter not only of high importance but of urgent importance said the Speaker of the Seychelles National Assembly, Roger Mancienne, in a recent conference for Speakers from Pan African Parliament. Mancienne made the statement in his address at the 11th Conference of the Speakers of National and Regional Parliaments which took [...]
Setting out to strengthen its tourism data system, Seychelles on Monday became the first African country to fully launch its Tourism Satellite Account (TSA). Tourism satellite accounts are the definitive way to measure the economic impact of tourism in a destination. Over the last 20 years, they have been implemented in many destinations around the world [...]
Voters in Seychelles will soon know more about a proposal to review the electoral boundaries of their districts when the Electoral Commission (EC) starts an intensive educational campaign within the coming month. The setting up of a technical committee for the review and delimitation of the electoral boundaries was recently approved by the cabinet of ministers [...]
Voters in Seychelles will soon know more about a proposal to review the electoral boundaries of their districts when the Electoral Commission (EC) starts an intensive educational campaign within the coming month. The setting up of a technical committee for the review and delimitation of the electoral boundaries was recently approved by the cabinet of ministers [...]
Balakliya, a key city in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, was taken back from Russian forces this week, but it bears the scars of the violent conflict. The city and the surrounding area has suffered from the months of violent conflict. It came back into Ukrainian hands as Kyiv's counter-offensive, begun earlier this month, began to [...]
The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, is among the heads of state who will attend the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected President of Kenya, William Ruto. Ramkalawan was invited to attend the ceremony that will take place at Moi International Sports Complex Karasani on Tuesday. He will leave the country on Monday, September 12, [...]
