Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned Monday after dozens of people were hospitalised when his supporters armed with sticks and clubs attacked protestors. The country has suffered months of blackouts and dire shortages of food, fuel and medicines in its worst economic crisis since independence, sparking weeks of overwhelmingly peaceful anti-government demonstrations. Rajapaksa's spokesman [...]
Seychelles' macroeconomic outlook is favourable but challenges remain as the spillover effects from the Russia-Ukraine conflict are expected to weigh on the external and fiscal balances due to a surge in commodity prices, said the IMF head of mission to the island state on Monday. A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headed by Boriana Yontcheva was [...]
Seychelles' Praslin Island will soon have more berthing space for hire crafts, bringing more business to the island as the government gives the go-ahead for the construction of a marina. The project, which will be implemented at Baie St Anne, expects to have the capacity to berth around 50 vessels. As part of a larger plan [...]
Russia will celebrate its 1945 victory over Nazi Germany Monday with a show of military might as its army battles Kyiv's forces in the east of Ukraine, where 60 people were killed in an air strike on a school sheltering civilians. President Vladimir Putin is set to flaunt Russia's power in celebration of Victory Day, [...]
Northern Ireland's feuding leaders came under international pressure Sunday to unite in a new government, after the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein secured an unprecedented election win. Once the political wing of the paramilitary IRA, Sinn Fein won enough seats in the devolved legislature to nominate its Northern Ireland leader Michelle O'Neill as first minister. [...]
Conservationists and eco-tourists on Fregate Island in Seychelles are now able to use a phone app to track the movements of Mario and Norbert, two Aldabra giant tortoises, following the recent tagging of the giant reptiles with GPS trackers. The island's deputy conservation manager, Anna Zora, told SNA that the conservation team wants to understand [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday vowed a new start to face immense challenges in foreign and domestic policy, as he was inaugurated for a second term after his election victory over the far right. In a ceremony at the Elysee Palace, Macron was confirmed by Constitutional Council chief Laurent Fabius as the winner of [...]
Local coaches in Seychelles on Friday learned about the various aspects of mental coaching with a Seychellois expert who lives abroad and has worked with high-level athletes. Bernard Payet is a mental coach who has worked with athletes all over the world, including German golfer Hans Peter Porsche and US Olympic skier Tommy Ford. [...]
The money laundering case of the 'missing $50 million' from Seychelles' government accounts has been temporarily transferred to the Office of the Attorney General. It was revealed in the Supreme Court on Friday that the powers of the Anti-Corruption Commission of Seychelles (ACCS) to prosecute six defendants are limited both in time and in regards to the [...]
The money laundering case of the 'missing $50 million' from Seychelles' government accounts has been temporarily transferred to the Office of the Attorney General. It was revealed in the Supreme Court on Friday that the powers of the Anti-Corruption Commission of Seychelles (ACCS) to prosecute six defendants are limited both in time and in regards to the [...]
