Seychellois music legend Patrick Victor will perform to a global audience for the first time in a concert on Saturday live-streamed on an online platform. Victor will perform a repertoire of his Creole songs such as 'Mon Pe Esper Ou,' 'Mon Bizou', 'Solin' among others on Jobo Live from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Seychelles time. Victor [...]
The Japanese operator of a ship that leaked oil off the Mauritius coast pledged Friday to pay at least $9.4 million to help restore areas affected by the spill. Mitsui OSK Lines said in a statement that it planned "to contribute a total fund of about one billion Japanese yen over several years to support [...]
The Seychelles' Electoral Commission says the register of voters will be certified on September 15, and that list will be used in the presidential and legislative elections in October. The chief electoral commissioner, Manuella Amesbury, told a press conference that the Commission is getting complaints that some newly registered voters are not seeing their names [...]
The West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Monday called on Mali's military junta, which seized power last month, to appoint a civilian to head a transition government by September 15. The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States slapped sanctions on Mali after the August 18 coup, including closing borders and banning trade, and has [...]
The governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) on Monday issued a stern warning against speculating trades on the foreign exchange rate. Caroline Abel spoke at the bank's press conference on Monday to provide an update on the island nation's foreign exchange reserves policy and strategy. She said that it was important to understand [...]
A powerful typhoon lashed South Korea on Monday after smashing into southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains that left up to eight people dead or missing. More than 300,000 households were still without power Monday afternoon after Typhoon Haishen roared past Japan's southern island of Kyushu, ripping off roofs and dumping half a [...]
India overtook Brazil on Monday as the country with the second highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, even as key metro train lines re-opened as part of efforts to boost the South Asian nation's battered economy. India has emerged in recent weeks as the new global pandemic hotspot, although cases continue to soar across the [...]
Dunes and beach berms will be rehabilitated and new vegetation will be planted on the shoreline of the northern part of Seychelles' main island, Mahé, to tackle the effects of climate change. A shoreline management plan is being finalised for the North East Point coastline to transform it into an area resilient to the effects [...]
Mali's army, which staged last month's coup in the war-torn nation, is taking on a role in politics despite being hamstrung by a crippling lack of resources. The August 18 putsch came after months of protests against ousted leader Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and sent shockwaves across a region beset by jihadist attacks and grinding poverty. [...]
A new app will soon go online that will provide Seychellois artists with a platform to sell their music on the international market. SeyBitz - which is expected to be launched by the end of September - is a music streaming platform where artists from the island nation will be able to showcase their new releases [...]
