Russian troops were moving in on the strategic city of Severodonetsk Friday in a relentless offensive to control Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, bombing residential areas and claiming the capture of a key town. At least nine people were killed a day earlier in shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, raising fears that Russia had not [...]
Recent clashes between the military and M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have displaced 72,000 people, the United Nations said Friday, warning that fleeing people faced "constant violence" and the looting of their homes. In a statement, the UNHCR refugee agency said 72,000 peoople had fled their homes in the Rutshuru and Nyiragongo [...]
The Anti-Corruption Commission of Seychelles (ACCS) brought new charges against businessman Mukesh Valabhji and his wife Laura in the Supreme Court on Thursday. According to a statement from the ACCS, "the new charges are centred upon the creation of a false document purported to be a loan agreement which enabled the purchase of shares, valued [...]
A meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) took place in Seychelles between May 16 to May 20 in which Australia proposed that all member countries adopt a management procedure for bigeye tuna. The proposal was accepted. The species is a valuable tropical fish in the Indian Ocean, worth nearly $1 billion at the final point [...]
Seychelles and Saudi Arabia are expected to sign a visa waiver agreement as a follow up on a proposal discussed between the two countries last year, said the island nation's foreign affairs minister on Thursday. Sylvestre Radegonde made the statement at a press conference following a short visit to Seychelles of the Minister for Africa [...]
The purchasing power of Seychelles' residents has gone down considerably due to a 13 percent average increase in the price of food and services since December 2019 up to April this year, said a Central Bank official on Thursday. The head of research and statistics at the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS), Brian Commettant, said that even [...]
Eleven newborn babies died in a hospital fire in the western Senegalese city of Tivaouane, the president of the country said late Wednesday. Just before midnight in Senegal, Macky Sall announced on Twitter that 11 infants had died in the blaze. "I have just learned with pain and dismay about the deaths of 11 newborn [...]
Seychelles is celebrating its African heritage through a series of activities that kicked off on Wednesday, May 25, to coincide with Africa Day. This year's four-day event was launched by the Secretary General of the Seychelles National Institute of Culture, Heritage and the Arts, David Andre, in an evening filled with African dress, music and dance at [...]
Two people died and another was injured in clashes between security forces and protesting gold miners in western Burkina Faso, the government's spokesman said on Wednesday. Lionel Bilgo said the incident broke out in Hounde on Tuesday when security forces tried to "limit or prevent" a demonstration demanding the liberation of 12 miners arrested after [...]
Two Egyptian nationals arrested in Seychelles in connection with robberies that took place at two foreign currency exchange bureaus have been remanded for 14 days, the Seychelles Police said on Wednesday. The first incident took place on Tuesday at around 2.40 pm in the Beau Vallon district where SCR11,000 ($816) and 5,830 euros were stolen. [...]
