Weekly direct flights between Israel and Seychelles that begin Thursday morning will further bring the people of both countries closer, said the newly appointed Israeli ambassador. Oded Joseph presented his credentials to President Danny Faure on Tuesday at State House, in Victoria, the capital. "I am lucky to be here today as Air Seychelles will [...]
The world will miss its chance to avert climate disaster without an immediate and all-but-impossible fall in fossil fuel emissions, the UN said Tuesday in its annual assessment on greenhouse gases. The United Nations Environment Programme said that global emissions need to fall by 7.6 percent each year until 2030 to limit global temperature rises [...]
Botswana's largest opposition on Tuesday said it had filed a legal challenge against the outcome of last month's parliamentary polls, which were overwhelmingly won by the ruling party. The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) won 15 seats against the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)'s 38 in the October 23 elections. "We do believe that there [...]
Moses Pracht, a German national of Seychellois origin who was abandoned at birth near a bin site in Seychelles in March 1991, reunited on Monday with the people who found him. The reunion took place at the Seychelles International airport at Pointe Larue before Pracht and his wife Isabell left for Frankfurt where they reside. [...]
The Seychelles Constitutional Court has postponed its judgement in the petition brought by President Danny Faure against the Speaker of the National Assembly, Nicholas Prea. The judgement was scheduled to be delivered Tuesday morning but the Court comprising of Justices Ronny Govinden, Laura Pillay and Gustave Dodin said it will now be done on Friday, November 29. "The judgement is [...]
Sister Dominic Kavanagh of the St Joseph Convent, who passed away last week, will be laid to rest on Tuesday afternoon. Sister Dominic, 93, died Thursday morning after spending time in the Perseverance Family Hospital due to ill health. The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, has expressed his sorrow following news of the passing of [...]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can stay on in his post although he has been indicted on corruption charges, Israel's attorney general said Monday. Avichai Mandelblit, in a statement, said "there are no legal obligation for the prime minister to resign". Under Israeli law, while ministers cannot keep their posts after indictment, a prime minister is [...]
Two newly installed solar stations in Seychelles will allow for more accurate data to make weather forecasts with, the chief executive of the Seychelles Meteorological Authority said Monday. The regional project involves two identical stations being installed in each territory of the Indian Ocean, including two in Madagascar, two on the Comoros islands and one [...]
Angry residents set fire to the town hall in DR Congo's volatile city of Beni on Monday after eight people were killed in a suspected attack by a notorious militia. Army spokesman Colonel Mak Hazukai confirmed the latest casualties in the city, near the Ugandan border, telling AFP that "the enemy entered the Boikene quarter [...]
The tireless work of Seychellois Victorin Laboudallon in the conservation of the Seychelles’ environment has been recognized by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Victorin - often referred to as a giant and pillar in reforestation efforts – was recognized as the 118th Commonwealth Point of Light. Each Commonwealth Point of Light receives a personalised certificate [...]
