The Supreme Court of Seychelles has sentenced a Tanzanian male to 15 years in prison for the importation of heroin and cocaine. Jakari Suki, 48, was sentenced on Tuesday to two counts of importation of controlled drugs -- 15 years for the importation of 523 grams of pure heroin and eight years for the importation [...]
The United States on Thursday offered a $1 million reward for information on a son of late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, seeing him as an emerging face of extremism. The location of Hamza bin Laden, sometimes dubbed the "crown prince of jihad," has been the subject of speculation for years with reports of him [...]
Three senior officers from the Sri Lankan Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) are currently on the island nation to work with the Seychelles Anti-Narcotics Bureau on ongoing drug-smuggling cases in the Indian Ocean, a news release said. According to reports in the Sri Lanka Mirror and Daily News, the officials are in Seychelles following a substantial seizure of heroin [...]
YouTube said Thursday it will disable user comments on a broad array of videos featuring children to thwart "predatory behavior" after revelations about a glitch exploited for sharing of child pornography. The Google-owned video sharing service announced further steps to crack down on inappropriate comments a week after an investigation showing how comments and connections [...]
Ireland will seek the support of Seychelles for a seat on the United Nations Security Council for 2021-2022 as a non-permanent member, said an Irish special envoy. “We are going into an election in June next year and we face stiff competition, so we are looking for the support of Seychelles,” Ambassador Kenneth Thomson said [...]
Diamond-rich Botswana has offered to lend Zimbabwe nearly $600 million to help ease its economic crisis, Harare's state-owned daily The Herald reported Tuesday. The loans will be offered to Zimbabwe's private sector and the diamond industry, said the report. Zimbabwe's secretary for foreign affairs, James Manzou, unveiled the offer ahead of a visit to Harare [...]
Seychelles needs to look into new areas of the economy that are emerging for growth, said the undersecretary-general and the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). Vera Songwe made this statement after meeting with President Danny Faure at State House, Victoria on Wednesday during her one-day visit to Seychelles. “Today [...]
Seychelles-based Chagossians have welcomed the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) legal opinion that Britain should return the Chagos islands to Mauritius. The community said, however, that the Mauritian government should give the Chagossians, both in and outside of Mauritius, full assurances and due consideration on the group’s entitlement. Pierre Prosper, chair of the group in [...]
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said his re-election was "free and fair", after his beaten rival denounced the results as a "sham" and promised a legal challenge that could dominate politics for weeks. The 76-year-old one-time military ruler's victory was confirmed late on Tuesday, after rescheduled polling blamed on logistical difficulties. Buhari's winning margin [...]
France Albert Rene, Seychelles’ longest-serving president, died on Wednesday. He was 83. Messages of condolences poured in after the announcement of Rene's passing. In announcing the news on Wednesday morning, President Danny Faure said, “On behalf of the government, my family and in my own name I present our profound condolences to his family and [...]