Kenyans on Tuesday braced for a potentially turbulent time ahead after the disputed outcome of the country's presidential election triggered violent protests in some areas. After an anxious days-long wait for the results of the August 9 poll, Deputy President William Ruto was declared the winner, beating his rival Raila Odinga by a narrow margin [...]
India marked the 75th anniversary of independence on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving a speech from Delhi's historic Red Fort, which was decorated with portraits of freedom fighters and guarded by mechanical elephants. Following a 21-gun salute, reportedly executed using howitzers made domestically for the first time under Modi's "Make In India" industrial [...]
A park officer of the Sainte Anne Marine National Park, Dainise Quatre, is the first woman from Seychelles to receive a certificate of Marine Protected Area (MPA) Professionals. Quatre received her certificate after following a four-day certification workshop in Kenya of the Western Indian Ocean Certification of Marine Protected Area Professionals (WIO-COMPAS) organised by the Western [...]
An Indian national singing in Creole in Seychelles is creating a sensation on social media. Ambal Ganesh, 48, came to Seychelles on a gainful occupational permit (GOP) to work as a shopkeeper in 2004 in the southern Mahe district at Anse Royale. Two years ago, Ganesh received a permanent residence permit from the government and has [...]
More than 40 people were killed when a fire ripped through a Coptic Christian church in a working-class district of Greater Cairo during mass on Sunday, state and religious officials said. The blaze, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the Abu Sifin church in densely populated Imbaba west of the Nile river, part of Giza [...]
A solo exhibition of a Seychellois artist taking part in the Seychelles Biennale of Contemporary Art has opened at the Eden Art Space on Eden Island - a man-made island near the capital Victoria. The solo exhibition of James Agricole, a side event of the Biennale, was launched on Tuesday, August 2. The Seychelles Biennale [...]
The UK government on Friday officially declared a drought in several parts of England, following months of record low rainfall and unprecedented temperatures in recent weeks. At a meeting of the National Drought Group, the government's Environment Agency said the "drought trigger threshold had been met" in parts of southwestern, southern, central and eastern England. [...]
As it celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, Seychelles Breweries - the oldest brewery in the country - is making available $149,000 (SCR2 million) for community projects under the newly launched Seychelles Breweries Foundation. The company's director for corporate affairs, Mary-Anne Ernesta, said that the initiative was taken after the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) tax [...]
Firefighting teams and equipment from six EU nations started to arrive in France on Thursday to help battle a spate of wildfires, including a fierce blaze in the parched southwest that has forced thousands to evacuate. Most of the country is sweltering under a summer heatwave compounded by a record drought -- conditions most experts [...]
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan received the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday, who is currently visiting Seychelles. This is the first time that the UAE President made an official call on Ramkalawan at State House since assuming office. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected on Saturday, May [...]
