A new book highlighting the 20 most beautiful beaches in Seychelles is an eco-friendly guidebook by a journalist and author whose experiences in the island nation are ingrained in her childhood memories. The work by Charlotte Pavard is printed on recycled paper, in an effort to reduce plastic waste and encourage recycling. Pavard is following [...]
Le parti United Seychelles (US) a officielle approuvé les 26 candidats qui représenteront le parti lors des prochaines élections législatives. C’est par acclamation, que les membres du parti réunis en congrès extraordinaire ont validé leurs candidats. Le parti US à comme objectif lors des élections législatives qui auront lieu du 22 au 24 octobre ensemble [...]
Seychelles International Airways will start its long-haul operations with a first flight to the island nation on September 10 for passengers and cargo. The airline is a private, Seychellois-owned aviation company based in the 115-island archipelago of the western Indian Ocean. Its chief executive is Robert Marie. The concept of the airline was born in [...]
The world should be able to rein in the coronavirus pandemic in less than two years, the World Health Organization said on Friday, as European nations battled rising numbers of new cases. Western Europe has been enduring the kind of infection levels not seen in many months, particularly in Germany, France, Spain and Italy -- [...]
The Nomination Day for the upcoming elections in October will be on September 16 for presidential candidates and September 18 for the National Assembly candidates, said a top official of the Electoral Commission in Seychelles. The chairperson of the Commission, Danny Lucas, told a press conference on Friday, that the two nominations are separated because while [...]
The Seychelles' Court of Appeal on Thursday acquitted a couple who had been sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for importing and conspiracy to import heroin into the island nation. Basil Hoareau, the lawyer for Colin and Gina Forte, a Seychellois couple, told the press that there was a break in the chain of evidence presented [...]
Madagascar on Thursday said it had fired its health minister as part of a government reshuffle, a move that came a month after he butted heads with the president for seeking outside help for coronavirus. The Indian Ocean island-nation saw COVID-19 cases surge in July despite an official campaign to promote a controversial herbal drink [...]
Libya's warring rival governments announced in separate statements Friday that they would cease all hostilities and organise nationwide elections soon, an understanding swiftly welcomed by the United Nations. The statements were signed by Fayez al-Sarraj, head of the UN-recognised unity government based in the capital Tripoli, and Aguila Saleh, speaker of the eastern-based parliament backed [...]
Some missing persons in Seychelles are linked to a drug trafficking network involving Iran, according to intelligence shared by a friendly country, President Danny Faure said in a live press conference on Thursday. "We have concrete information today that certain Seychellois boats are in the drug fetching business with boats from Iran. The intelligence information [...]
Africa will continue see new coronavirus cases as countries begin to reopen lockdown-devastated economies, but increases will not be exponential, the head of the African branch of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. Africa last week surpassed the figure of one million infections, with the continent's most developed economy, South Africa, accounting for more [...]
