One of CNN's international business correspondents discussed with Seychelles' President the issue of the island nation being blacklisted by France, a situation the journalist described as difficult. Richard Quest, who is in Seychelles filming segments for 'Quest's World of Wonder' and 'Quest Means Business,' met with President Dany Faure at State House on Monday. "I [...]
US President Donald Trump received a red-carpet welcome in the world's biggest democracy Monday, addressing a huge rally at a mega cricket stadium on a maiden official visit to India that is big on photo opportunities but likely short on substance. Trade tensions have grown between the US and India, the world's fifth-biggest economy, as [...]
The Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) says that 70 percent of the work needed to raise Seychelles’ main reservoir by 6 metres is complete. The La Gogue dam -- whose storage will increase by 600,000 cubic metres to 1.6 million cubic metres -- is expected to be operational at the end of June, six months [...]
South Korea reported 161 more coronavirus cases Monday, taking the nationwide total to 763 and making it the world's largest total outside China. The country has seen a rapid surge in the number of coronavirus cases -- adding more than 700 cases in less than a week -- since a cluster of infections emerged from [...]
Contestants for June's Miss Seychelles Beauty Pageant were officially presented during a ceremony at the Berjaya Beau Vallon Hotel. Organisers of the pageant, Beauty Empowerment Seychelles, which has taken over for the first time, officially launched the event titled 'Miss Seychelles-The National Pageant' on Friday. Twelve contestants aged between 18 and 25 chosen from a [...]
Bodybuilder Ziad Mekdachi received the award for Sports Personality of the Year at the 36th Sports Awards of the Year 2019 crowning ceremony at the end of last month. Mekdachi, 39, became the first professional bodybuilder from the Indian Ocean region, after getting his International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB) elite pro card. He got his card [...]
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar was sworn in as first vice president on Saturday, formally rejoining the government in the latest bid to bring peace to a nation ravaged by war. President Salva Kiir hailed the "official ending of war" and said peace was now "irreversible" as the new unity government was formed after [...]
Seychellois swimmer Felicity Passon has qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan after her performance at the Grand Prix swim meet in Durban, South Africa. Passon became the second Seychellois athlete to qualify for the Games after she finished first in her heat for the 200m backstroke in 2 minutes 13.94 seconds. The [...]
Seychelles is hosting the second Indian Ocean Marlin Cup, a fishing competition in which participants do not have to be physically in the island nation. The competition which is co-hosted by Fly Navarro's FlyZone Fishing and the Seychelles Sports Fishing Club will take place on Saturday, February 29. The chairman of the Seychelles Sports Fishing [...]
More than 4,000 people are being forced to flee their homes each day in Burkina Faso, as attacks on civilians by jihadist militants increase in number and frequency, the UN's refugee agency said on Friday. "People fleeing the violence report attacks on their villages by militant groups, killing, raping, pillaging. Terrified of these attacks, residents [...]
