Police used tear gas on protesting residents of France's Indian Ocean territory Reunion Island on Sunday who tried to block passengers of a cruise ship turned away from nearby Madagascar for fear there may be people infected with the coronavirus on board. The incident came just hours after clashes between police and protesters near the [...]
Over 50 cases of human rights violations were detected in Seychelles last year, the Association for Rights, Information and Democracy (ARID) said in its 2019 annual report. "Human rights violations mostly reported are unfair labour practices, such as discrimination in the workplace, overwork and being underpaid, lack of access to healthcare, water, food and sanitation," ARID, [...]
The global death toll from the new coronavirus epidemic surpassed 3,000 on Monday after dozens more died at its epicentre in China and cases soared around the world, with a second fatality on US soil. The virus has now infected more than 89,000 people and spread to over 60 countries after first emerging in China [...]
Maintaining visitor arrivals amidst the threat of coronavirus -- COVID-9 -- and in the upcoming low performing months topped the agenda as tourism partners in Seychelles met to discuss the 2020 tourism marketing plan. Organised by the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB), the meeting on Thursday brought together representatives from hotels, destination management companies and airlines. Though [...]
A regular shipping line between India and Seychelles is being explored, as are new routes for Air Seychelles, business officials said. Oliver Bastienne, the chairperson of the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), told reporters at the opening of a seminar on Friday that talks started last year on how Seychelles can enhance connectivity [...]
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday threatened to let thousands of refugees cross into Europe and warned Damascus would "pay a price" after dozens of Turkish troops were killed inside Syria. Around 13,000 migrants have gathered along the Turkish-Greek border, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said as several thousand migrants were in skirmishes [...]
In days gone by most Seychellois children, well, most girls, owned a rag doll. The dolls were made with leftover cloths sewn together with buttons as eyes and where other facial features were embroidered. This was in the days long before the market was flooded with all sorts of factory-made imported dolls like the Barbie. [...]
Sri Lanka's new president is set to dissolve parliament shortly and call snap a legislative election six months ahead of schedule, a state-run newspaper said Sunday. Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to exercise his constitutional power to sack the assembly when it completes four-and-a-half out of its five-year term on Sunday night, the Sunday Observer said. [...]
The implementation of Seychelles' Control and Protection of Dogs Act 2018 has been pushed back from March 1 to January next year, authorities said. Officials from the National Biosecurity Agency - the authority mandated to implement the legislation - said on Friday that the new date will allow all key partners, especially dog owners, to better prepare [...]
Their names were Miguel, Fernand, Ignace, Le Villers, Maladore, Maganga, and Marie - the only woman in the group. They were the seven slaves among the first 28 settlers who arrived on board the Telemaque on August 27, 1770, and they established the first settlement on the inner island of Ste. Anne. The faces [...]
