President Danny Faure highlighted the Seychelles' commitment to elevate the blue economy to the top of the global development agenda, especially in Africa, at the global conference in Kenya on the sustainable blue economy on Monday. According to State House, Faure said that “as champion for the development of the blue economy in Africa, announced at [...]
Cheers and applause erupted at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday as a waist-high unmanned lander, called InSight, touched down on Mars, capping a nearly seven-year journey from design to launch to landing. The dramatic arrival of the $993 million spacecraft -- designed to listen for quakes and tremors as a way to unveil the [...]
The Seychelles’ Magistrate’s court on Monday remanded until November 28 eight Iranians arrested for drug-related charges last week. The Iranians' vessel -- a dhow-- was intercepted in the Seychelles’ waters by the Anti-Narcotics Bureau (ANB) together with the Seychelles Coast Guard on Thursday, November 22, ANB said in a communiqué on Sunday. Five hundred grams of [...]
Ukraine's parliament approved the introduction of martial law in border regions on Monday, as Russian state TV aired images of Ukrainian sailors captured after Moscow seized three of Kiev's ships in a confrontation at sea. After intense debate, 276 lawmakers voted in favour of President Petro Poroshenko's request for martial law in border areas for [...]
The Seychelles Meteorological Authority will be hosting a regional climate change portal as the authority entered a collaborative agreement with the Indian Ocean Commission recently. The South West Indian Ocean Regional Climate Change Portal seeks to raise awareness of climate change issues in Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Reunion Island, Zanzibar and Seychelles. Vincent Amelie, the chief executive [...]
A wave of protests in France over fuel prices and low living standards has spilt into neighbouring countries, causing disruption for truckers in Britain and Spain and leading to arrests in Belgium. Several dozen people were detained at a fuel depot in Belgium near the French border overnight Wednesday-Thursday, while Spain slammed traffic jams on [...]
Elisa Mondine from Mozambique has been crowned Miss Deaf Africa 2018, while Adeline from Madagascar was named the first Miss Deaf Indian Ocean. The two events were organised concurrently in Seychelles on Saturday at the International Conference Centre. “I did not expect the crown to come my way today. I am very happy, emotional and [...]
Thirty people drowned and more than 60 were feared dead after a pleasure boat sank in Lake Victoria, Ugandan police said Sunday, in the latest such incident on Africa's largest body of water. "Thirty bodies have been recovered and 27 people rescued," said police spokesperson Zura Ganyana, adding the boat had sunk 150 metres (yards) [...]
One of Seychelles’ major political parties has changed its name from Parti Lepep to United Seychelles in a congress that took place at the International Conference Centre in Victoria on Saturday. The secretary for communication, Sebastian Pillay, told reporters that the name reflects the new inclusive political climate that the country is in, thus allowing members [...]
L’un des principaux partis politiques des Seychelles a changé de nom, passant de Parti Lepep à United Seychelles, lors d’un congrès qui s’est tenu au Centre international de conférence de Victoria, samedi. Le secrétaire à la Communication, Sebastian Pillay, a déclaré à la presse que ce nom reflétait le nouveau climat politique inclusif dans lequel [...]