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Transparency Initiative Seychelles has launched a survey on Facebook to collect data on corruption-related issues. The survey -- People’s Perception of Corruption in Seychelles -- has nine questions and is part of the European Union project ‘Towards Improving Good Governance, Transparency, and Accountability in Seychelles." According to the project coordinator of the Transparency Initiative Seychelles, Marie-France Watson, [...]

Madagascar holds parliamentary elections Monday in what is being seen as the latest round of a bitter feud between President Andry Rajoelina and his longstanding rival Marc Ravalomanana. Beaten to the top job in December, Ravalomanana has been everywhere to support the candidates of his TIM ("I Love Madagascar) party, determined to win what he [...]

The race to become Britain's next premier has opened in earnest with an array of hopefuls promising to succeed where Theresa May failed and finally pull the divided country out of the EU. But European leaders insisted they had made their final offer after months of acrimonious talks that produced an unpopular compromise for which [...]

Cyril Ramaphosa takes the oath of office on Saturday as president of South Africa, facing a brew of expectations and scepticism after vowing to reform the country and revive its economy. Foreign heads of state will be among 36,000 people expected to witness the ceremony at a rugby stadium in the capital Pretoria. The 66-year-old [...]

Seychelles is expected to have its first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) power station by 2023 following discussions with the government of Mozambique earlier this week, said the finance minister of the island nation. Finding a source of energy to replace Seychelles' reliance on heavy fuel to generate electricity was one of the main reasons for [...]

The Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) is seeking to diversify its television content by asking local media production houses to create and sell television shows for the island nation's flagship station.  Currently, most of the local contents broadcast on SBC television was being produced in-house. With the company’s migration to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in June 2018 the [...]

A healthy ocean is important for more than just economic growth; it is crucial for the survival of humanity, the Seychelles’ president said at the official opening of the Blue Economy conference in Mozambique, State House said on Thursday. As a champion for the Blue Economy in Africa, President Danny Faure is a guest of honour [...]

Battered British Prime Minister Theresa May's short but dramatic tenure is set to end after her legacy-defining battle to win parliamentary approval for her Brexit deal proved too elusive. The Conservative leader won praise for her determination and ability to survive what often felt like a three-year political crisis since the referendum vote. But her [...]