Dynamic security, training in escort services, as well as data analysis and management are amongst the areas in which the Seychelles Prison Service held discussions with its Israeli counterpart recently. According to a press communique on September 1 by the Seychelles Prison Service, the first virtual meeting was held on August 30, 2022. Led by the [...]
Kenya's Supreme Court is set to rule Monday on the outcome of the nation's August 9 presidential battle after defeated candidate Raila Odinga filed a legal challenge over the results. It is the third time since its creation under Kenya's 2010 constitution that the court has been called upon to adjudicate on election disputes. The [...]
Thousands of people are expected to gather in St Peter’s Square on Sunday as Pope Francis presides over the beatification of John Paul I, the so-called "Smiling Pope" who led the Catholic Church for just 33 days before dying in contested circumstances. John Paul I, the son of a bricklayer from the Dolomite mountains and [...]
In August, Seychellois charity runner Joel Melanie completed his 2022 race calendar. At the end of the month, he ran his last run as a solo organiser and has created a new association - Runners for Charity - to continue organising more events. Melanie, who is from Anse Royale, a southern district of the main [...]
The history of laws in Seychelles since the establishment of the first settlement in 1770 has been captured in the latest book of historian Julien Durup. Durup – a Seychellois currently living in England – said that the book is the culmination of ten years of research with consultation of over 800 documents. Speaking to [...]
Russians on Saturday paid their final respects to the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, in a ceremony held in Moscow without much fanfare and with President Vladimir Putin notably absent. Several thousand mourners queued up to quietly file past Gorbachev's open casket as it was flanked by honour guards under the Russian [...]
Two Seychellois brothers, Fabio and Dario Soopramanien, and their co-conspirator Gerard Bastienne, accused in one of the biggest cases of drug trafficking and importation as well as human trafficking, were sentenced on Friday by the Supreme Court of Seychelles. Chief Justice Rony Govinden handed down the sentences to the three men that will result in 30 [...]
Football coaches in Seychelles are working to develop the level of the sport by improving their skills and obtaining higher level coaching licenses. Recently, 25 coaches spent a week sitting for their African Football Confederation (CAF) License C course, which is a license that will enable the coaches to work with footballers up to the [...]
African countries on Friday agreed on a common push to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius -- a goal that scientists fear is increasingly elusive -- at upcoming UN climate talks. The five-day Africa Climate Week, held in the Gabonese capital of Libreville, is one of a series of regional confabs ahead of the [...]
Oil exploration in Seychelles' territorial waters is set to restart now that the island nation signed an agreement with a Canadian oil company on Friday, said a top official. The signing of a petroleum exploration agreement with Adamantine Energy Ltd, which has its regional headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya – was a move approved by the [...]
