The Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), the country's public broadcaster, has opened its archives to the world, allowing subscribers to listen to locally produced music and radio programmes on its newly launched Audio On Demand (AOD) app. Dubbed 'Leko', Creole for echo, the platform can be accessed through either the Paradise FM or Radyo Sesel online apps which can [...]
The outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Seychelles has said his tenure in the island nation has been a beautiful experience and over 20 projects have been accomplished. General Dalbir Singh Suhag made the statement to reporters on Tuesday, after he paid a farewell call on Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House. "Seychelles is a beautiful [...]
Seychelles is expected to experience below normal rainfall in the coming three months, a forecasting officer of the Meteorological Authority said on Tuesday. The Southeast Monsoon, one of the two trade winds Seychelles experiences during a year, is normally when the island nation experiences less rain but the average for the expected rainfall for this year [...]
Mali's military rulers announced on Monday they would delay until March 2024 a return to civilian rule following double coups that have been denounced by countries in the region and foreign powers. Junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita signed a decree read out on state television saying that "the duration of the transition is fixed at [...]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday survived a vote of no confidence from his own Conservative MPs but with his position weakened after a sizeable number refused to back him. The Brexit figurehead called the 211-148 split a "convincing result, a decisive result". "As a government we can move on and focus on the [...]
Member states of the Eastern African Standby Force (EASF) are attending a workshop in Seychelles to review data collected in its Command Post Exercise (CPX) in Kenya in March, to better prepare for incidents requiring its instant mobilisation and peace support operations. During the five-day workshop, organised in collaboration with the Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF), participants [...]
Gunmen with explosives stormed a Catholic church and opened fire in southwest Nigeria on Sunday, killing "many" worshippers and wounding others, the government and police said. The violence at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town in Ondo State erupted during the morning service in a rare attack in the southwest of Nigeria, where jihadists [...]
Passengers travelling to and from Seychelles' Praslin Island by boat will have a new terminal on man-made Eve Island annex, adjacent to the current cargo terminal, by October, says a top government official. The new terminal is expected to eliminate the congestion problem that is prevalent at the current passenger terminal and de-silting, which is [...]
With a see-saw battle for control of the strategically important city of Severodonetsk raging on, a senior Ukrainian official said Sunday that his country's forces now control "half of the city". The gains, announced by regional governor Sergiy Gaiday, would represent a significant advance by Ukrainian troops, who earlier had appeared on the verge of [...]
Britain revelled in celebrations Saturday for Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years on the throne as it staged a spectacular "party at the palace" featuring Diana Ross, Andrea Bocelli and Rod Stewart while Prince Charles led heartfelt tributes. The concert, the climax of the third day of public events to mark the 96-year-old monarch's record-breaking Platinum [...]
