Blue Safari Seychelles has set up an eco-camp on a super remote island in the Indian Ocean nation, an installation that helps keep hunted sea turtles alive. Visitors can experience a true getaway adventure on a paradise island -- Cosmoledo -- situated 1,030 kilometres from the archipelago’s main island of Mahe. Keeping conservation, preservation and [...]
Government officials in Haiti, one of the world's poorest countries, will lose their perks under emergency economic and anti-corruption measures announced Saturday by Prime Minister Jean-Henry Ceant after days of deadly protests. The unrest is the latest upsurge of discontent over corruption and poverty in the Caribbean half-island, where protesters want the ouster of President [...]
The Seychelles' Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that it is providing consular assistance to four Seychellois men being detained at a prison in Mozambique on charges of illegally fishing in Mozambican waters. The family members of the four Seychellois requested assistance from the Department. The men are being held at the Cadeia de [...]
Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya of South Africa goes to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday to challenge proposed rules that would force her to lower her testosterone levels. The South African government has said the rules proposed by track and field's governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), specifically [...]
The impact of tourism on Seychelles will be the aim of a feasibility study scheduled to take place in the second half of this year, ahead of next year’s deadline on the moratorium for the construction of large hotel projects. “The study will give a clear picture on the state of tourism development in the [...]
DR Congo's recently elected president, Felix Tshisekedi, held talks on Sunday with his predecessor Joseph Kabila on forming a coalition government, a source in Kabila's entourage told AFP. The talks would open the way to naming a prime minister who would form a coalition government to run the country, a member of Kabila's entourage, who [...]
Crack a coconut open and pour out some of the rum inside. Not coconut water -- rum. Crazy, right? The founder of a local spirit brand has made every desert islander's dream possible through the production of ‘Rum in a Shell'. The founder of the Spirit of Seychelles - Craft Distillery, Zack Liapoun, has found an alternative [...]
Nigeria's election commission on Saturday rejected claims of political interference after its last-minute postponement of presidential elections, as voters caught unawares hit out at the announcement. The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) announced a one-week delay just hours before polls to elect the head of Africa's most populous nation were due to open at 0700 GMT. [...]
The Chagossian communities have met with another hurdle in their fight to return to their islands as the United Kingdom’ Divisional Court rejected their request for judicial review. The Chagossians said they are going to seek permission to appeal the High Court judgment handed down on Friday, which dismissed their claims against the UK government. The [...]
European aerospace giant Airbus said Thursday that it would stop building its A380 superjumbo, the double-decker jet which earned plaudits from passengers but failed to win over enough airlines to justify its massive costs. The final two double-deckers will be delivered in 2021, just 14 years after the first A380 went into service, after the [...]
