A large crowd gathered in Seychelles’ capital Victoria on Saturday for this year’s ‘Laserenad,’ one of the main events in the 34th edition of the Creole Festival. Some 20 local and international groups, dressed in colourful traditional clothes, paraded from the town centre to the central district of Roche Caiman in 'Laserenad'. The event is of the main [...]
Preparations are in full swing for Seychelles to participate in the Dubai Expo 2020. The destination’s natural environment, opportunities for investment and its achievements towards sustainability and conservation will be showcased during the six-month event. Scheduled to be held from October 2020 until April 2021, the Dubai Expo 2020 is the first expo of this [...]
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Saturday announced a major government reshuffle, a day after more than one million people took to the streets in a massive protest for economic and political change. "I asked all ministers to resign in order to form a new government and to be able to respond to these new demands," [...]
Seychelles Cote d’Or football club will face an Egyptian side on Sunday in the play-off round of the African Confederation Cup. Cote d’Or will be playing the first leg against Al Masry from Egypt at Stad Linite at 4 p.m. local time. After being eliminated in the first round of the Champions League of the Confederation of [...]
Zimbabweans staged a mass government-orchestrated protest on Friday against sanctions imposed by the US and the European Union during the despotic rule of late leader Robert Mugabe. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been battling to re-engage with the West since Mugabe was ousted by the military in November 2017. His administration organised the demonstration in Zimbabwe's [...]
A policy aimed at providing a blueprint to build climate change resilience in Seychelles in collaboration with regional and global partners was validated by representatives from the private and public sector on Thursday. The validation workshop was held to provide guidance for governmental policy analysts, environment partners, NGOs, academia and other partners on actions for climate [...]
The delay of a Madagascar-bound oil tanker has led to fuel and electricity shortages in the capital after people rushed to stock up at petrol stations, draining supplies by Thursday, the government said. Several service stations were left empty in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar -- an island-nation of 26 million people entirely reliant on [...]
Seychellois who have completed their studies in African countries will be ensured credible and reliable recognition of qualifications once a newly ratified convention comes into force. The Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Certificates, Degrees and Other Academic Qualifications in Higher Education in African States was ratified by the Seychelles’ National Assembly on October 16. Almost [...]
President Danny Faure said he is counting on Russia to lead in the fight against climate change, a statement made at the historic, first Russia-Africa Summit. Seychelles continues to be a leading voice in the urgent need for climate action and sustainable development in the African continent, President Faure told participants at the summit on Thursday. [...]
A Chinese company's attempt to lease an entire island in the Pacific archipelago was unlawful and will not be allowed to go ahead, the Solomon Islands said Friday. The deal between the Solomons' Central Province and the state-owned China Sam Group was "unlawful, unenforceable and must be terminated with immediate effect", Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare's [...]
