French President Emmanuel Macron met with his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja before taking off his jacket and tie in Lagos to celebrate African culture. Macron's high-voltage visit to the Shrine -- Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti's music venue -- was part of his latest attempt to forge closer ties with English-speaking Africa. [...]
A new concept in Seychelles, an island nation known for its postcard-perfect topaz blue water and pearlescent sand, is giving enthusiasts the opportunity to discover the marine life of some islands in the archipelago. Dubbed ‘Blue Safari Seychelles’, the new concept allows one to experience Seychelles’ atolls of Astove, Cosmoledo and the Amirantes, as well as Alphonse Island, offering [...]
The father of Nigerian World Cup skipper John Mikel Obi who was kidnapped last week has been freed, police said Tuesday. "Michael Obi, the father of the (Super) Eagles captain, has regained his freedom," the spokesman for Enugu state police in southeast Nigeria, Ebere Amaraizu, said late Monday. Amaraizu said the senior Obi's captors did [...]
Cyprus and Seychelles are looking at further developing economic, tourism, commercial and information technology relations, said the Cypriot High Commissioner to the island nation. The High Commissioner of Cyprus to Seychelles, Andreas Panayiotou, spoke after paying a courtesy call to President Danny Faure at State House, Victoria, on Monday. “These areas of cooperation are behind [...]
Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded Thai cave for nine days were found alive late Monday after a painstaking search by specialist divers who finally discovered the emaciated group on a mud embankment. There had been no contact with the boys, aged between 11 and 16, since they went missing with [...]
Two solar projects that will produce one and five megawatts of electricity are expected to be built on Romainville Island off the main island of Mahe, another step in Seychelles' plan to have 25 percent of its energy be from renewable sources by 2030. The chief executive of the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC), Philippe Morin, told [...]
Californian authorities have issued red flag weather warnings and mandatory evacuation orders after a series of wildfires fanned by high winds and hot temperatures ripped through thousands of acres. The latest blaze, the County Fire sparked in Yolo County on Saturday, had by Sunday afternoon spread across 22,000 acres (9,000 hectares) with zero percent containment, [...]
In order to secure stability in domestic prices, the Central Bank of Seychelles has decided to maintain a tight policy stance for the third quarter of 2018, a top official said on last week The governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS), Caroline Abel, said that the decision was taken due to the fact that [...]
Security is set to top the agenda at an African Union summit Monday, after host Mauritania warned of regional security failings in the face of jihadist violence, as French soldiers were targeted in a fresh attack in Mali. A bombing aimed at French soldiers on patrol in the country's troubled north killed four civilians and [...]
A group in Seychelles, the Island Conservation Society (ICS), has raised concerns over waste being collected on the nation’s outer islands after a recent beach cleanup activity on the remote St. Francois Island. “This is very alarming and is posing a real threat to the oceans and islands of Seychelles,” said an official of the Island [...]