The Seychelles Magistrates' Court on Monday charged eight individuals including Dr Patrick Herminie, the leader of United Seychelles, the main opposition party, in an ongoing witchcraft case. The other individuals who have been charged are Alli Said, a Tanzanian national, and six Seychellois - Yvon Legaie from Ma Joie, Jules Radegonde from La Digue, Kenneth Evenor from [...]
A book detailing the life of a former Seychellois tourism minister, Alain St. Ange, was launched on September 29 in Bali in the opening sessions of the World Tourism Network (WTN) tourism summit. Entitled "Alain St. Ange - A Life in Tourism", the book is written by a tourism expert from Reunion, Pascal Viroleau, and was [...]
A United Nations mission visited Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday, Azerbaijan said, after almost the entire ethnic-Armenian population fled since Baku recaptured the breakaway enclave. An Azerbaijani presidency spokesman told AFP that a "UN mission arrived in Karabakh on Sunday morning" -- mainly to assess humanitarian needs. It marks the first time in about 30 years that [...]
Pope Francis on Saturday elevated 21 clergymen from the four corners of the world to the rank of cardinal, saying diversity was indispensable to the future of the Catholic Church. Under sunny skies and with a crowd that filled half of Vatican City's grandiose, colonnaded St Peter's Square, the 86-year-old pope welcomed the new, so-called [...]
A new manual for judicial officers concerning African common law, aimed at judges, lawyers, and law students, has been launched by a Court of Appeal judge and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Seychelles. “A Practical Approach to Evidence for Judicial Officers,” which was written by Dr Mathilda Twomey and her colleagues at the [...]
Residents and businesses in the south and west of Mahe, Seychelles’ main island, will now have a more reliable power source after the inauguration of a 33kV electricity transmission network. The $30.9 million project funded by the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) and the Arab Bank of Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) was inaugurated on Saturday at [...]
The Maldives voted Saturday to decide its next president in an election seen as a referendum on whether to hitch its fortunes to China or India, both vying for influence in the tropical paradise. President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih faces an uphill battle to secure a second mandate after working to improve strained relations with New [...]
Seychelles and the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) have signed an agreement for a loan to fund a project of 172 housing units and the reconstruction of La Digue school. The two agreements were signed on Friday by Seychelles' Minister for Finance, Economic Planning and Trade, Naadir Hassan and the chief executive of the Saudi [...]
The Seychelles' economy is doing well and although the growth is not as high as it was last year with the bounce back from the COVID pandemic, it is solid growth, said the chief of mission for Seychelles of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday. Todd Schneider made the statement to reporters after his meeting [...]
The leader of United Seychelles, the main opposition party in the island nation, was arrested by the police on Friday, questioned and later released in connection with an ongoing witchcraft case. Dr Patrick Herminie, who earlier this year expressed his intention to stand as a candidate for the presidential elections in 2025, was arrested at [...]
