The Seychelles’ national flag was hoisted on Tuesday in a special ceremony at the Peace Park in the capital Victoria to commemorate the island nation’s Constitution Day. The flag placed at the monument ‘Lavwa Lanasyon’ (the Voice of the Nation) was raised by the Seychelles Coast Guard in the presence of President Danny Faure, members of the [...]
The world population is expected to climb to 9.7 billion in 2050 from 7.7 billion today, with the population of sub-Saharan Africa doubling, a United Nations report released Monday said. The population could then grow to 11 billion by 2100, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs's "World Population Prospects" report. [...]
Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi died on Monday in a Cairo hospital after fainting during a session in court, judicial and security sources said. "He was speaking before the judge for 20 minutes then became very animated and fainted. He was quickly rushed to the hospital where he later died," a judicial source said. Turkish [...]
Employees of Seychelles Breweries Limited will benefit from the new global family leave policy which its United Kingdom-based parent company, Diageo, has announced will take effect as of July 1. The new policy offers all Diageo employees new benefits in terms of maternity and paternity leave. Female employees will now be entitled to a minimum [...]
Community leaders and reef practitioners from six western Indian Ocean countries affected by climate change are now better equipped to carry out coral reef restoration following an intensive training session. The 10-day session took place on Praslin, the second-biggest island, at the Centre for Ocean Restoration Awareness & Learning (CORAL). Participants followed an intensive hands-on, in-water [...]
Fallen Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir was Sunday seen in public for the first time since being ousted, as he was driven in an armed convoy to the prosecutor's office. The former strongman, who ruled his northeast African nation with an iron fist for three decades, was toppled on April 11 after months of protests against [...]
A team of enthusiastic Seychellois living in the UK recently launched an online radio station aimed at connecting the world to Seychelles by promoting Creole music and having island beats heard around the globe. The idea of setting up ‘Tropikal Soundz Radio’, which went live on April 1, came about when three friends - Rudy Gendron, [...]
The Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris hosted its first mass on Saturday exactly two months after a devastating blaze, with priests and worshippers wearing hard hats to protect themselves against possible falling debris. Dressed in a white robe and helmet, Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit led the service, which was attended by just some 30 people [...]
Less pain, medicine, recovery time, risk of infection and scars are all benefits of newly introduced minimally invasive surgical procedures now being practised at the Seychelles Hospital. Specialists at the hospital are switching to minimally invasive surgical procedures, now that the Ministry of Health has improved them. This new approach will benefit patients requiring surgical [...]
Seychelles’ leadership on ocean conservation and the Blue Economy were the primary focus of a meeting between President Danny Faure and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday. According to State House, the Secretary-General commended Seychelles on its leadership as a champion of ocean conservancy and [...]
