Sustained gunfire was heard on Tuesday near the seat of government in the coup-prone West African state of Guinea-Bissau, AFP reporters said, as a regional bloc condemned what it called an "attempted coup". Heavily-armed men surrounded the Palace of Government, where President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam were believed to have [...]
Motorists breaking traffic laws in Seychelles will face heftier fines from February 1, a top official said on Tuesday. Offences that used to cost SCR 200 ($15), such as parking on the pavement, will now cost SCR 500 ($37.5) and offences like using a mobile phone while driving, not wearing a seatbelt and playing loud [...]
Jonathan, an endemic Seychelles land tortoise who currently lives on the island of St Helena in the Atlantic, has been named the "oldest tortoise ever'' by Guinness World Records. According to the organisation's website, his official record title is oldest chelonian – a category which includes all turtles, terrapins and tortoises. He is also the [...]
Residents in an inundated neighbourhood of Madagascar's capital Antananarivo are returning with dread to see what remains of their homes and harvests, three days after Tropical Storm Ana relented. Flooding has killed 51 people on the large Indian Ocean island off southeastern Africa since 10 days of intense rain began on January 17. The storm [...]
Mohamed Salah starred as Egypt reached the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals on Sunday and were joined in the last four by Senegal, while the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde where eight people died in a crush a week ago was given the green light to host the final. The Confederation of African Football gave the [...]
The African Union on Monday suspended Burkina Faso a week after the volatile country suffered its latest coup, as diplomats from West Africa and the UN began talks with the new junta. The AU's 15-member Peace and Security Council said on Twitter it had voted "to suspend the participation of #BurkinaFaso in all AU activities [...]
The 88 honorary consuls of Seychelles around the world will each adopt a district in the country so as to meet the needs of the community, the foreign affairs department’s announced on Thursday. There are 26 districts covering the islands, which are administrative and electoral constituencies. In a press conference, the director general the Protocol, [...]
The Seychelles Coast Guard (SCG) received a supply vessel from the head of a Spanish tuna fishing company on Saturday. The vessel, Saya de Malha, was officially handed over to President Wavel Ramkalawan, who is the chief of staff of the Seychelles Defence Forces, by Arrien Guillermo, the president and general manager of Inpesca Fishing, [...]
North Korea on Sunday tested its most powerful missile since 2017, ramping up the firepower for its record-breaking seventh launch this month as Seoul warned nuclear and long-range tests could be next. Pyongyang has never test-fired this many missiles in a calendar month before and last week threatened to abandon a nearly five-year-long self-imposed moratorium [...]
Holiday makers had an opportunity to gain more information about Seychelles at a Seychellois tourism stand at FITUR, an international trade fair, in Madrid recently. The Seychelles' team led by the director general for destination marketing, Bernadette Willemin, together with the marketing executive for Tourism Seychelles for Spain and Portugal, Monica Gonzalez Llinas, met with [...]
