Seychelles' reigning bodybuilder of the year, Wallace Dorasamy, has won the National Physique Committee /International Fitness and Body Building Federation (IFBB) Worldwide European Championship gold medal, in the middleweight category. Dorasamy qualified for the competition held in London after he won the British Championship last year, and he continued to make his mark in bodybuilding [...]
World leaders will descend on the United Nation's New York HQ from Sunday for the organization's annual signature gathering against an explosive backdrop of raging wars, growing populism and diplomatic deadlock. The war in Gaza, soaring Middle East tensions, famine conditions in Sudan's civil war and the grinding conflict in Ukraine are among the rancorous [...]
Comoros President Azali Assoumani on Thursday chaired a cabinet meeting in his first public appearance since being wounded in a knife attack last week, government footage showed. Assoumani is seen in the video with a thick bandage on the left side of his forehead, smiling as he got into a car and arriving at the [...]
As of May 1, 2025, Seychelles will gradually phase out the usage of cheques in financial transactions as the country looks to move towards a more digitalised financial system. This decision was taken after the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) saw a decline in the number of financial transactions through cheques while those through digital [...]
China and Seychelles have forged profound friendship since the diplomatic ties were established 48 years ago and the two countries have always trusted each other and firmly supported each other's core interests and major concerns. The statement was made on Thursday by the Chinese Ambassador to Seychelles, Lin Nan, at a National Day reception for the [...]
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan and Cuba's Minister of Public Health, José Angel Portal Miranda, discussed longstanding cooperation between the two nations and explored avenues for new cooperation in a bilateral meeting, State House said on Thursday. Ramkalawan expressed Seychelles' gratitude for the Cuban medical brigade, a cornerstone of healthcare support in Seychelles. There are 25 [...]
The President of Seychelles Wavel Ramkalawan and his counterpart from Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, have agreed to further enhance cooperation, in the healthcare, pharmaceuticals, education, capacity building and cultural exchanges. According to State House, Ramkalawan held bilateral discussions with the Cuban President on Tuesday in Havana. Ramkalawan expressed his gratitude for the warm welcome extended to [...]
The main Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadist group in Mali struck a forceful blow to the ruling junta when it hit highly sensitive military targets in the capital Bamako, underscoring its two-pronged strategy of territorial expansion and harassment, experts say. Targeting a military police barracks and a military airport, the Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) group demonstrated [...]
The development of artificial intelligence should not be guided by market forces alone, UN experts cautioned on Thursday, calling for the creation of tools for global cooperation. But they held back from suggesting the creation of a muscular worldwide governing body to oversee the rollout and evolution of a technology, the proliferation of which has [...]
The Seychelles National Assembly on Wednesday approved an amendment to the Penal Code that addresses hate-motivated offences by introducing the element of hate as an aggravating factor to any underlying offences. Eighteen members of the National Assembly voted for and eight voted against the amendment to the Penal Code presented by Vice President, Ahmed Afif. "Hate [...]
