A young Seychellois residing in Australia landed an unexpected job -- modelling -- while living his childhood dream of being a pilot. Jeffery Kissubi holds both a private and commercial pilot license and does part-time modelling as well. His modelling career kicked off randomly and has given him the chance to work with brands such [...]
Rockets rained on several parts of the Libyan capital Saturday despite a truce to end fighting between rival militias, with one projectile hitting a popular hotel and wounding three people, rescuers and medics said. The renewed violence came as Britain, France, Italy and the United States denounced the violence and warned that an escalation would [...]
Authorities are waiting for a tide of at least 1.7 metres to start an operation to remove a foreign fishing vessel ran aground on a reef, said an officer from the Seychelles Port Authority. The Kenyan-flagged vessel, Diamond Ace Number 1, went aground on the night of Friday, August 24 in the vicinity of Long [...]
Representatives from 14 militias in the strife-torn Central African Republic have held "positive" talks that could lead to negotiations with the government, the African Union (AU), acting as a mediator, said Friday. The "positive meeting in Bouar (in western CAR) ended yesterday with a single document on demands, signed by the representatives of the 14 [...]
Fifty years ago Britain separated the Chagos Islands from its colony Mauritius, expelling the entire population to make way for the installation of a US military base that is today highly strategic. Britain's 1965 acquisition of the Indian Ocean archipelago has been disputed ever since, with Mauritius demanding its return. As the UN's International Court [...]
Reducing traffic congestion, pollution and fuel use, as well as creating an alternative emergency route, would be some of the benefits of a monorail system in Seychelles, said a local entrepreneur who is seeking support for his plan. A monorail is a single rail serving as a track for passenger or freight vehicles, usually elevated [...]
Seven hundred Seychellois families identified as vulnerable are receiving free photovoltaic panels to help them lower their electricity consumption, a project made possible through a grant from the Indian government. The households identified are those already being assisted by the Agency for Social Protection, which is responsible for providing comprehensive social security services and social relief [...]
Argentina's President Mauricio Macri said Wednesday that the International Monetary Fund has agreed to accelerate funding in support of his government's austerity program, but his comments did little to calm the market as the country's currency came under renewed pressure. The development came amid heightened volatility in Argentina's financial and currency markets, which have been [...]
The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, will be attending the 2018 Beijing summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) from September 3-4, State House said on Wednesday. Faure is attending the summit at the invitation of the President of China, Xi Jinping. The summit is being held under the theme ‘China and Africa: toward an [...]
A court Wednesday ordered the arrest of Sri Lanka's top military officer in connection with the abduction and murder of 11 people during the island's civil war. Colombo Fort magistrate Lanka Jayaratne directed police to detain Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, Chief of the Defence Staff, for allegedly helping the main person acused in the killings escape [...]