The Australian military has begun the seaborne evacuation of hundreds of people trapped in a fire-ringed southeastern town, as the country braced for yet more catastrophic conditions. A navy landing craft from the HMAS Choules docked in the town of Mallacoota, where residents trapped on the foreshore since New Year's Eve clambered aboard with family, [...]
Forbes Africa recently recognised Seychelles – 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean - as a pioneer in protecting the beating blue heart of the planet. The November article highlighted the initiatives of the island nation to promote, conserve and champion the Blue Economy, key not only for an island and coastal states but for states [...]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday asked parliament for immunity, weeks after the embattled premier was indicted on a range of corruption charges. Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving premier, is fighting for his political survival on two fronts -- the corruption allegations and stiff opposition from a new centrist party. The immunity request is expected to [...]
The capital of Seychelles, Victoria, was the centre of attention Tuesday night as hundreds of people converged to say goodbye to 2019 and to welcome the New Year 2020. Seychellois bands and popular local artists provided live entertainment for the crowd in the car park of the People's Stadium. As the iconic clock tower struck midnight, church [...]
President Danny Faure in his New Year message called on Seychellois to start 2020 with the same determination and enthusiasm which has already brought great success to the island nation. Faure wished all Seychellois a Happy New Year 2020. In his message, the President said that 2019 has ended with two great achievements. "Firstly, data [...]
Strike-hit Paris welcomed the New Year with a huge fireworks display while London's Big Ben rang out after a long restoration, as crisis clouded celebrations elsewhere at the end of a year of upheaval around the world. In the French capital, tens of thousands gathered on the Champs-Elysees, despite a gruelling transport strike that has [...]
An Angolan court, acting in a graft investigation, has frozen bank accounts held by Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, the public prosecutor said. Dos Santos -- who has been nicknamed Africa's wealthiest woman -- is being investigated with her husband Sindika Dokolo in a corruption affair involving more [...]
The signing of a visa waiver agreement between Seychelles and Russia is one of the biggest achievements of the outgoing Russian ambassador. Vladimir Delous made the statement to reporters after paying a farewell visit to President Danny Faure at State House on Tuesday. "Since December 2015, Seychellois nationals travel to Russia without a visa after [...]
Authorities in Seychelles are undertaking blasting works in one of the eastern Mahe channels to remove a type of coral that grows like a boulder, said a top official. The work which is being carried out by the Seychelles Fisheries Authority and the Seychelles Coast Guard is taking place in one of the channels at [...]
Former Ivory Coast political leader Charles Ble Goude said Monday he had been sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison by an Ivorian court over murder, rape and torture charges. Ble Goude was cleared of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in the Hague this year, along with his former boss, Ivory [...]
