US President Joe Biden on a solidarity visit to Israel Wednesday backed the ally's account that Palestinian militants caused a devastating hospital strike in Gaza, adding Hamas had brought "only suffering." "I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday. And based on what I've seen, it appears as [...]
Seychellois citizens travelling to Saudi Arabia can now apply for visas through an online portal after the island nation was included in the eVisa programme of the southwestern Asian country. The Saudi Tourism Ministry announced on Tuesday that it has expanded its electronic visa programme to six new countries, including Seychelles, where the nationals of [...]
The Seychelles Foreign Affairs Department welcomed the new Chargé d’Affaires of the United States, Adham Loufti, on Tuesday. Loufti was formally presented to the acting principal secretary for foreign affairs, Ambassador Selby Pillay, by the U.S. Ambassador to Seychelles and Mauritius, based in Mauritius, Henry Jardine, during his working visit to Seychelles. The appointment of the [...]
Chinese leader Xi Jinping welcomed his "dear friend" Russian President Vladimir Putin to Beijing on Tuesday, kicking off a multilateral summit overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war. Beijing this week hosts representatives of 130 countries for a forum on Xi's vast trade and infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). At the top of the [...]
A masterplan on the redevelopment of the Seychelles International Airport at Pointe Larue is expected to be presented to the Cabinet of Ministers before the end of this year, said the Minister for Transport, Antony Derjacques, on Tuesday. Derjaques was answering a question from Johan Loze, a proportionate member of United Seychelles, the main opposition [...]
Seychellois bodybuilder Wallace Dorasamy won a gold medal in the open bodybuilding middleweight class at the Ryan Terry British Championships in Manchester, UK, from October 14 to 15. Dorasamy also won silver in the men's classic physique, and, in both categories, he was among eight competitors vying for the gold medal. For the bodybuilding category, [...]
The Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) highlighted the achievements it has made for its 20 years in existence with a movie event showcasing its work on Friday at Eden Bleu on Eden Island. Entitled "Celebrate our Seas", the event was an evening of ocean-inspired talks and films in celebration of the seas and 20 years of [...]
The opposition in Madagascar vowed Friday to keep holding protests despite a top court order that presidential elections be postponed by one week amid high political tensions, after disputes over the regularity of the vote. For more than a week, opposition parties have held demonstrations against what they call an "institutional coup" to keep [...]
West African regional bloc ECOWAS this weekend warned candidates in Liberia's recent elections against any premature declarations of victory and said it would crack down on instigators of violence. Liberians voted on October 10 on whether to re-elect football legend George Weah, the favourite to win, for a second term as president, as well as [...]
A day filled with fun, educational and sporting activities at Gordon Square in the capital Victoria on Sunday kick-started Seychelles' efforts to combat obesity in the population. This was the first activity of the Seychelles Overweight and Obesity Reduction Task Force to tackle the issue of obesity in the country. The 'Stop Obesity' event started [...]
