Brazil entered the final stretch of a deeply polarized presidential race Monday after an inconclusive first voting round put far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in an unexpectedly strong position. Bolsonaro, 67, garnered 43 percent of Sunday's first-round votes compared to 48 percent for leftist frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva -- a five-point difference. Polls had [...]
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday cautioned critics inside her government against overstepping their authority, after shuffling her cabinet again and unexpectedly firing a respected foreign minister. Hassan, who has battled division within the ruling party since taking office, sounded the warning while swearing in three ministers after a surprise shake-up to her cabinet [...]
Seychelles and Cyprus will work together to have their voices heard on common issues such as climate change, said the newly accredited High Commissioner of Cyprus. Andreas Nikolaides made the statement to reporters after presenting his credentials to President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House on Tuesday. "Cyprus being a member of the European Union since 2004, [...]
Seychelles has signed a historic bilateral air services agreement with Kazakhstan that will allow airlines to operate direct flights between the countries, the Ministry of Transport said on Sunday. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the 41st International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Assembly in Montreal by Seychelles' minister for transport, Antony Derjacques and Talgat Lastayev, the chairman of [...]
Environment ministers from about 50 countries will gather in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday for a "pre-COP27" climate summit, with rich nations likely to come under pressure to raise spending to combat climate change. The talks in the DRC's capital, Kinshasa, are informal but meant to allow various countries and green groups to [...]
The African Union chief Moussa Faki Mahamat Saturday condemned the "unconstitutional change of government" in Burkina Faso after military officers ousted junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. "The chairperson calls upon the military to immediately and totally refrain from any acts of violence or threats to the civilian population, civil liberties, human rights," the AU said [...]
Young people in Seychelles are being encouraged to take a deeper interest in the island's environment, ecosystems and biodiversity. The younger generation is being asked not only to participate in environment-related activities but to also conduct research, write and seek funding for environment-related projects and consider careers in the field.In a recent activity, these concerns [...]
Guinea was on Friday stripped of hosting the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations because the infrastructure is not yet ready, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Patrice Motsepe announced in Conakry. "We are not ready as of yet in Guinea... and we should reopen the process" of allowing prospective host countries to bid, Motsepe [...]
The 37th edition of the Creole Festival celebration in Seychelles will take place over the whole month of October with the official launch taking place on October 8, said a top official recently. The Principal Secretary at the Seychelles Institute of Culture and the Arts (SINCHA), Cecile Kalebi, explained that this year's programme will start on October 3 and will [...]
Seychelles is the new chair of the Association of Indian Ocean Islands Ports (AIOIP) for the next two years, a platform that is important for the island nation as it starts the expansion of Port Victoria. Seychelles took over the chairmanship from Mauritius after a two-day meeting at the Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA). Established in 2007 [...]
