The atmospheric data collected by a balloon satellite launched by a group of students in Seychelles will be shared with schools in the island nation. The announcement was made by Xavier Estico, director general for the Division of Science, Technology and Innovation on Friday. The small balloon satellite called 'Mission Payanke', created by a group of [...]
Heavy rains lashed South Africa, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes on the east coast, officials said on Sunday, only a month after the worst floods in living memory killed more than 400. No fatalities were immediately recorded but there was severe damage to some buildings, mainly in Durban, capital of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) [...]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday congratulated Anthony Albanese on his election as Australia's new leader, vowing to work together on trade, military ties and climate change. "Our countries have a long history and a bright future together," Johnson said in a message to the Labor party leader, according to Downing Street. Johnson shares [...]
Visitors to Seychelles will be able to visit the building which houses the Office of the President as the State House, a historical monument built in 1910, as President Wavel Ramkalawan has decided to reopen its doors to the public. Guided public tours and open days at the monument were first organised for a one-year [...]
US President Joe Biden and South Korea's new President Yoon Suk-yeol signalled Saturday an expanded military presence in response to the "threat" from North Korea, while also offering to help the isolated regime face a Covid-19 outbreak. After meeting in Seoul on Biden's first trip to Asia as president, the two leaders said in a [...]
A French father and his son decided to plant endemic trees along one of Seychelles' nature trails despite drizzling rain and fog at the Salazi, Sans Soucis trail in the Morne Seychellois national park, as a way to offset their carbon footprint created during their round trip from Paris to the island nation. Eloim Demikouiza and his [...]
With the aim to reconnect, network and build further business ties with various travel industry entities, a team from Tourism Seychelles – the marketing arm of the Tourism Department – attended the Arabian Travel Market (ATM), a global event held at the Dubai World Trade Centre. In a press statement on Tuesday, Tourism Seychelles said that [...]
Russia said Thursday that 1,730 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered this week at Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant, after a desperate battle that has become emblematic of the nearly three-month-old war. The number included 80 wounded who were taken to a hospital in Russia-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine, Moscow said. The Russian defence ministry released a video [...]
A 52-year-old Tanzanian man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for the importation of a controlled drug, the Anti-Narcotics Bureau (ANB) said on Thursday. Mohamedi Khalidi Mikidadi pleaded guilty to the charges against him before the Supreme Court on May 19. ANB said that Mikidadi was charged and sentenced "for the importation of 361.12 grams [...]
Health authorities in North America and Europe have detected dozens of suspected or confirmed cases of monkeypox since early May, sparking concern the disease endemic in parts of Africa is spreading. Canada was the latest country to report it was investigating more than a dozen suspected cases of monkeypox, after Spain and Portugal detected more [...]
