Seychelles basked in the spotlight at the Dubai Expo 2020 on Thursday as the island nation celebrated a National Day that coincided with International Creole Day. Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan and minister of foreign affairs both attended the event. In his address, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism Sylvestre Radegonde thanked the role played by [...]
A smouldering row between London and Paris over post-Brexit fishing rights has flared up, with France threatening trade disruptions from next week if its boats are not granted more access to British waters. The measures targeting British fish exports from November 2 would include "systematic customs and sanitary checks on products brought to France and [...]
A Guinean national has been sentenced to seven years in prison by the Seychelles Supreme Court for the importation of a controlled drug, the Anti-Narcotics Bureau (ANB) said on Thursday. According to ANB, Mario Cá from Guinea Bissau pleaded guilty to the offence and was sentenced on October 21. The 44-year-old was arrested on June [...]
Sudanese security forces on Wednesday made sweeping arrests of protesters as they sought to extinguish opposition to this week's military coup, while the international community ramped up punitive measures. The World Bank froze aid and the African Union suspended Sudan over Monday's power grab by the army, just over two years into what is meant [...]
The Island Development Company (IDC) is eyeing cultivation in climatised greenhouses during the rainy season from November to April, a trial project to see if production of tomatoes and salad works then, said a top official of IDC. Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, has two seasons: the Northwest monsoon from November to [...]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday accused Moscow of orchestrating Europe's energy crisis and urged Brussels to work with Kiev against Russian "gas aggression". Europe is in the throes of an energy crisis with gas prices soaring to record highs as economies come back online after the end of pandemic lockdowns and renewables like energy [...]
Zimbabwe seeks to benefit from the experience of Seychelles in the tourism sector as part of bilateral cooperation between the two countries, said new Zimbabwean ambassador. Dave Hamadziripi became the first ambassador of Zimbabwe to Seychelles after presenting his credentials to President Wavel Ramkalawan on Tuesday at State House, Victoria. “Zimbabwe is also a very [...]
A Brazilian Senate commission approved a damning report on Tuesday that recommends criminal charges be brought against President Jair Bolsonaro, including crimes against humanity, for his Covid policies. Seven of the panel's 11 senators voted to endorse the text -- presented last week after a six-month investigation into Brazil's pandemic response -- which also calls [...]
The vaccination campaign and the recovery of the tourism sector are two of the successes achieved by the new government, President Wavel Ramkalawan said in an address on Tuesday to mark the one-year point in his presidency. Ramkalawan, who made his address in the National Assembly, said that the present government took over leadership [...]
Angry Sudanese stood their ground Tuesday in street protests against a coup, as international condemnation of the military's takeover poured in ahead of a UN Security Council meeting. "No to military rule", "The revolution will go on" and "Returning to the past is not an option", they chanted, a day after the armed forces seized [...]
