Seychelles' former ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) said he is ready to use his experience to help the island nation move forward amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Ronny Jumeau, who announced his retirement in December, was among three Seychellois ambassadors who paid a farewell visit to President Wavel [...]
A wildfire on the fringes of Australia's fourth-largest city Perth has destroyed several homes and forced emergency evacuations, authorities said Tuesday, just days after the west coast city entered a coronavirus lockdown. Firefighters are battling the out-of-control bushfire on the city's eastern fringes, where several properties are ablaze and several fields have been blackened. Smoke [...]
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said the country had "passed the peak" of its second coronavirus infection wave, allowing for the easing of restrictions ahead of first vaccinations this month. The country hit hardest in Africa had earlier taken delivery of its first shipment of coronavirus shots, paving the way to the first [...]
Bad policy decisions being made by Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan and his government are worrisome, the newly elected leader of United Seychelles, the main opposition party, said Monday. Patrick Herminie, 58, was elected as the new president of United Seychelles in elections that took place over four days in view of the restriction of movement [...]
The Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) will fall under marketing and promotion in the tourism ministry in the first phase of government reforms announced by President Wavel Ramkalawan on Monday. "The new Department of Tourism will be overseen by a Principal Secretary. The board of STB will be replaced by an advisory council providing advice to [...]
More than 21 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands affected by a super-storm that made landfall in Mozambique last week, causing heavy flooding across swathes of southern Africa, the United Nations said. Tropical cyclone Eloise hit central Mozambique on Saturday, packing winds of up to 150 kilometres (93 miles) per hour and torrential [...]
Myanmar's military seized power in a bloodless coup on Monday, detaining democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and declaring a one-year state of emergency. The intervention ended a decade of civilian rule in Myanmar, with the military justifying its power grab by alleging fraud in the November elections that Suu Kyi's National League for [...]
The displaced people of the Chagos islands living in Seychelles say that the United Nations Maritime Law Tribunal has backed their aspirations for resettlement now that the tribunal has said that Britain has no sovereignty over the islands. Seychelles-based Chagossians say that the tribunal's ruling last week gives recognition to the Chagossians as a people. The [...]
A new visa scheme offering millions of Hong Kongers a pathway to British citizenship will go live later on Sunday as the city's former colonial master opens its doors to those wanting to escape China's crackdown on dissent. From Sunday afternoon, anyone with a British National (Overseas) passport and their dependents will be able to [...]
A song from Seychellois singer and entertainer Richie B on the TikTok video-streaming platform is creating a buzz among fans in the neighbouring island of Mauritius. The song entitled ‘Dimoun I koze” (People talk) which is Richie B’s first track on an online digital platform has reached almost 2,000 views. "I first put the song [...]
