A group of nine French teachers received their plane tickets as they are about to embark on a two-month journey in France to learn new ways to improve the teaching of the French language at various levels. The teachers, who are from primary schools up to professional learning centres, will leave Seychelles at the end [...]
Russian shelling of a town in eastern Ukraine on Monday killed six people, Kyiv said, as EU ministers meeting in Brussels insisted the pressure of Western sanctions on Moscow was working. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile appointed an acting security chief, having announced the suspension of senior law enforcement officials late on Sunday. Rescue workers [...]
The Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan has called on the business community in the island nation to seize the opportunity to invest in the Kenyan business market so that agreements signed on Monday can be implemented. Ramkalawan made the statement at a state banquet at Eden Bleu on Monday evening in honour of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta [...]
Former finance minister Rishi Sunak widened his lead in the latest round of voting Monday by Conservative MPs to decide Britain's next prime minister, but the race to get in the final two tightened. Sunak won the support of 115 Tory lawmakers, followed by Penny Mordaunt on 82 votes, Liz Truss on 71, Kemi Badenoch [...]
Lawmakers have a sovereign duty to ensure that there is a legal framework that upholds the fundamental rights and freedoms of its people, the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, told the Members of the Seychelles National Assembly on Monday. In his address in an extraordinary session of the Seychelles legislative body, Kenyatta, who is on [...]
Seychelles and Kenya signed 10 bilateral agreements with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the two countries during a meeting between President Wavel Ramkalawan and his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday. The agreements were signed in a ceremony at the State House in a bilateral meeting between the two leaders as part of Kenyatta's [...]
Two cases of the deadly Marburg virus have been identified in Ghana, the first time the Ebola-like disease has been found in the West African nation, health authorities announced Sunday. Earlier in the month, blood samples taken from two people in the southern Ashanti region suggested the Marburg virus. The samples were sent to the [...]
United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan landed in Paris Sunday, on his first overseas state visit and with energy and transport deals on the agenda. He is due to meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday at the Elysee Palace. The UAE president's visit comes after Joe Biden's first Middle East [...]
The first Seychellois priest ordained in the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Holy Spirit on Sunday is headed for Cape Verde for his first missionary post. Father Romeo Bonne took his vows on Sunday at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in the presence of the Bishop of the Port Victoria Diocese, Alain Harel. Also attending the ordination was [...]
The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, landed in Seychelles at 5.10 pm on Sunday for a three-day state visit at the invitation of President Wavel Ramkalawan. Kenyatta, who is heading a delegation of 64 members, was given a warm welcome by Ramkalawan upon his arrival and received a bouquet of flowers from nine-year-old Nael Nanon [...]
