Gabon foiled an attempted coup on Monday, capturing the rebel chief and killing two of his men after a group of soldiers stormed a radio station to call for an uprising while the country's ailing president was abroad. Renegade soldiers burst into RTG state radio broadcasting offices in the capital Libreville at dawn and urged [...]
The UN Security Council has postponed a key meeting on the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, at South Africa's request, after an announcement on the results was delayed, diplomats said. The council was due to hold a public meeting Tuesday which is now expected to take place on Friday, according to council diplomats. [...]
New tourism establishments that are to be built on the inner islands of Seychelles will consists of only 24 rooms due to a new moratorium that has been imposed, according to the tourism department. The moratorium was mantained along with approval of various amendments made to the Tourism Accommodation Policy in the last cabinet of ministers [...]
Seychelles is expected to save over $1 million annually once the construction of a solar farm on Romainville Island, off the main island of Mahe, is completed later this year, said a top official. The Public Utilities Company (PUC) – responsible for the implementation of the project - will install a five-megawatt solar photovoltaic system [...]
Madagascar police fired teargas Saturday to disperse some 500 supporters of the losing candidate in last month's presidential election, in the fifth such protest this week, AFP correspondents witnessed. Defying a ban on demonstrations, hundreds of supporters of Marc Ravalomanana took to the streets of the capital Antananarivo to rally on the square outside City [...]
Each year it seems many of us start brainstorming on our resolutions – eat healthier, lose that extra weight or move up the career ladder. My resolution for 2018 was to improve my photography skills. To do so, I started a photo blog which required me to take one photo a day for the whole [...]
Box office hit music romance "A Star Is Born" is the frontrunner going into Sunday's Golden Globes, the first Hollywood awards gala of the year -- and usually the sassiest of them all. Tinseltown's A-listers will strut down the red carpet for the first time this awards season at the Beverly Hilton, in the run-up [...]
A Seychellois hairdresser is creating awareness and promoting natural hair and different stylings through a 2019 calendar that showcases Seychellois men, women and children sporting a variety of hairstyles. Federica Desir, owner of FED Hairdressing salon, said that she wants Seychellois to appreciate their unique natural beauty. This is part of a bigger project where [...]
A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.1 million for a giant tuna Saturday as Tokyo's new fish market, which replaced the world-famous Tsukiji late last year, held its first pre-dawn New Year's auction. Bidding stopped at a whopping 333.6 million yen for the enormous 278-kilogramme (612-pound) fish -- an endangered species -- that was [...]
The European Union called Friday for voting results in the Democratic Republic of Congo to reflect the people's will at what it called a "historic moment toward a democratic transition." Elections held last Sunday will determine who succeeds President Joseph Kabila, at the helm of sub-Saharan Africa's biggest country for nearly 18 years. "The Democratic [...]
