Exiled as children, people from the Chagos Islands celebrated on Tuesday the news that the United Nations' top court had told Britain to give up control of the Indian Ocean archipelago. "The English would never have believed that one day, the people of Chagos would have overthrown them," said Emilienne Louis, describing how she arrived [...]
France Albert Rene, Seychelles’ longest-serving president who led the island nation for more than a quarter century during one-party rule, died on Wednesday in the early morning at the Seychelles Hospital. He was 83. Rene, who held office from 1977 until he retired in 2004, took power following a coup d’état that ousted James Mancham. [...]
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un meet Wednesday in Hanoi for the second date in an unlikely friendship that the US president hopes will push North Korea's reclusive leader closer to reaching a deal on his nuclear arsenal. Trump touched down late Tuesday on Air Force One after flying half way around the world from [...]
Seychelles’ former President France Albert Rene passed away on Wednesday morning at the Seychelles Hospital. He was 83 years old. Rene who held office from 1977 until he retired in 2004, took over power following a coup d’état in June 5, 1977. James Mancham who was President of the island nation at that time was [...]
A moratorium to control the production and promotion of alcohol and a development project for a specialised hospital are some of the measures that will be implemented this year, Seychelles’ President Danny Faure said in his State of the Nation address on Tuesday. “We will impose a moratorium as of today on new licenses for [...]
Cubans voted overwhelmingly in favor of constitutional reforms that cement the role of socialism in the island nation, the electoral commission said Monday. Some 6.8 million people, or more than 86 percent of voters, supported the changes in Sunday's referendum, while only 766,400, or nine percent, voted against. A total of 7.8 million people took [...]
Twelve volunteers from Seychelles and England are expected to remove 50 tonnes of plastics from Aldabra, one of the world’s largest atolls, during a five-week clean-up project. The team will collect ocean debris from the beaches of the UNESCO world heritage site. These will later be collected and transported to a supply vessel with the [...]
Britain should give up control of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean "as rapidly as possible", the UN's top court said Monday in a decades-old row with Mauritius over an archipelago that is home to a huge US airbase. The International Court of Justice said in a legal opinion that Britain had illegally split [...]
The Police in Seychelles have started an investigation after an Iranian dhow caught fire in Seychellois waters early Friday morning. The fire broke out while the intercepted vessel was being towed to the main island of Mahe by the Seychelles’ Coast Guard. According to a Police press communique, at the time of the incident there were 13 [...]
The Seychelles is pushing ahead and finalizing a national plan of action for gender-based violence, or GBV. This move comes now that the Ministry of Family Affairs is increasing awareness on the issue following a rise in the number of GBV cases. Four murders were reported for January 2019 and all were results of domestic [...]
