The Seychelles Court of Appeal has maintained the judgement that an article published by the Seychelles Weekly newspaper on former Minister Charles Bastienne was defamatory. The Court of Appeal, comprising of Oagile Bethuel Dingake, Fiona Robinson and Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza rendered its judgement on Friday on the case that dates back to 2016. In an article [...]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to chair a crisis meeting Monday as a growing number of countries blocked flights from Britain over a new highly infectious coronavirus strain the UK said was "out of control". The World Health Organization also called for stronger containment measures across Europe, which has passed 500,000 deaths from Covid-19. But [...]
The Vallee de Mai nature reserve, one of the Seychelles' UNESCO World Heritage sites, has seen a 97 percent drop in visitors amid the COVID-19 pandemic, amounting to a $2 million loss in direct revenue, said an official of the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF). Emeline Lafortune, a project officer at SIF, which manages the site, [...]
The World Health Organization is calling on its members in Europe to step up measures against coronavirus in the face of the new variant circulating in Britain, its European branch said Sunday. Outside Britain, nine cases of the new strain have been reported in Denmark, as well as one case in the Netherlands and another [...]
Oliver Bastienne was unanimously re-elected for a two-year mandate as the chairperson of the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) during its annual general meeting on Thursday. With no one else contesting, Bastienne was re-elected with all 158 votes cast for his second two-year mandate. Speaking after the election, Bastienne expressed his will [...]
A sophisticated cyberattack on US government agencies and private companies that was revealed this week poses a "grave risk" and thwarting it will be "highly complex," the US computer security agency said Thursday. President-elect Joe Biden expressed "great concern" over the computer breach while Utah Senator Mitt Romney blamed Russia and slammed what he called [...]
India surged past 10 million coronavirus cases on Saturday, official data showed, the second highest in the world although new infection rates appear to have fallen sharply in recent weeks. The number of cases increased by just over 25,000 in 24 hours, according to the health ministry, while the total number of deaths from the [...]
The third edition of the Seychelles Fashion Week will be televised nationally on SBC later this month, keeping the momentum of the event despite the ongoing global health crisis, said the organiser. The Seychelles Fashion Week provides local designers with the opportunity to get more exposure as well as bring more importance to the fashion [...]
For a second consecutive day, workers briefly went on strike on Friday, this time from the Seychelles Trading Company (STC) after they were told they will not receive an end-of-year bonus. The Minister of Finance, Naadir Hassan, met with workers and the management of STC and the decision taken was that workers will be paid [...]
The former president of Burundi Pierre Buyoya has died in Paris of Covid-19 at the age of 71, several close relatives told AFP on Friday. "President Pierre Buyoya died last night in Paris. He had Covid-19," a member of his family told AFP, requesting anonymity. Several other relatives confirmed the death of Buyoya, who served [...]
