From Britain's Prince Philip to Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, here are some of the most notable deaths of 2021. - January - Phil Spector, who revolutionised 1960s pop music with his "Wall of Sound" but who was jailed for murder in 2009, dies on January 16 aged 81. A week later, Larry King, [...]
Seychelles took a step forward toward introducing electronic biometric passports after signing a contract with the French company IN Groupe. IN Groupe specialises in the production of secure documents like identity cards and passports and for the past 15 years has delivered passport booklets to Seychelles. The contract was signed by the Minister for Internal [...]
A South African court on Tuesday blocked Shell from using seismic waves to explore for oil and gas in the Indian Ocean, in a victory for environmentalists worried about the impact on whales and other species. Backing a suit filed by conservationists, the High Court in the Eastern Cape town of Makhanda ruled that Shell [...]
Air Seychelles during the weekend carried 110 professional and amateur racers and their technical support on a special flight from Johannesburg, South Africa to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the 2022 Dakar Rally, the airline said on Monday. The 44th edition of the Dakar Rally is set to take place between January 2 and 14 with around [...]
There are a dozen or so species of fish in the waters of Seychelles that are already overfished or eventually will be, the island nation said in its second report to the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). The report summarises key status information on Seychelles' fisheries sector to increase public understanding and appreciation of the sector. [...]
South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu died Sunday aged 90, sparking tributes from around the world. - Barack Obama - Former US president Barack Obama, the nation's first Black leader, called Tutu "a mentor, a friend, and a moral compass" who could "find humanity in his adversaries". "A universal spirit, Archbishop Tutu was grounded [...]
Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed announced Monday that he was suspending Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, a day after the two men sparred over long-delayed elections in the troubled Horn of Africa nation. "The president decided to suspend Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and stop his powers since he was linked with corruption," the office [...]
The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, has expressed his profound sadness upon hearing the news of the passing of South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, State House said on Sunday. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an anti-apartheid and human rights activist, died on Sunday at the age of 90. Ramkalawan paid tribute to the commitment, hard work [...]
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died Sunday at the age of 90, was the moral compass of his beloved "Rainbow Nation", never afraid to speak truth to power, whatever its creed or colour. A tireless activist, he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for combatting white minority rule in his country. "The passing [...]
The Seychelles Breweries is the first company to be part of the 'Adopt a Beach' programme with the Marine Conservation Society Seychelles (MCSS) to assist with the monitoring of the hawksbill turtles during its nesting season. The company signed a partnership agreement with MCSS to adopt the Anse Bazarca, one of the beaches the Society has [...]
