India’s marathon vote ends, Modi on tenterhooks over second term
Voting ended Sunday in India’s most acrimonious election in decades, one that will decide whether Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets a second term…
Seychellois school children propagating native trees to help counter climate change effects
Seychellois school children are being given the capacity to participate in climate change resilience initiatives by managing native tree nurseries. The two nurseries – to…
Bomb blast hits tourist bus near Egypt pyramids
A bomb blast hit a tourist bus near Egypt’s famed Giza pyramids on Sunday, wounding some of them, including South Africans, in the latest blow…
2 Seychellois return from a mission to a land the modern world has not yet found
Two Seychellois have returned home after spending two years as missionaries in South Africa and Lesotho with the Operational Mobilisation (OM) team. As part of…
Termite infestation has authorities in Seychelles looking closely at imported wood
In a bid to control a termite infestation, authorities in Seychelles are intensifying measures at wood vendors and increasing surveillance at different ports. The…
Two Seychellois have returned home after spending two years as missionaries in South Africa and Lesotho with the Operational Mobilisation (OM) team.
As part of their mission, Achille and Annielle Confiance had to conduct outreach programmes in different communities. The couple, who are from the Pentecostal Assembly of Seychelles,…
More than half of Madagascar MPs suspected of corruption: enquiry
Madagascar’s anti-corruption agency has begun legal action against more than half of the country’s parliamentary deputies who are suspected of taking bribes, just two weeks…
Mia, Extra Big named best artists in Seychelles at Takamaka Music Awards
Mia and Extra Big clinched the Best Female and Male Artists for 2018 at Friday’s Takamaka Music Awards held at the International Conference Centre in the…
Stop discrimination, seek treatment for HIV, Seychelles’ president says
That was the message from the Seychelles’ President Danny Faure on Friday at the launching of a national strategic plan for HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis….
Trump lifts steel, aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico
President Donald Trump on Friday announced a deal to lift US tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico that had created friction…
Saudi-led warplanes pound Yemen rebels after pipeline attack
Saudi-led coalition warplanes bombed Yemeni rebel targets including in the capital on Thursday following insurgent drone strikes on a key oil pipeline that Riyadh said…
President of Seychelles attending Blue Economy conference in Mozambique, presidential inauguration in South Africa
The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, will travel to Mozambique on a state visit on Sunday, May 19, followed by a trip to South Africa to…
Seychelles Post Office seeking community members to assist in mail delivery
The Seychelles Postal Service, in search of community representatives to assist with mail delivery, has embarked on a recruitment drive to get people to work…
New law in Seychelles protects dogs, seeks to prevent strays beginning in September
A new law to protect dogs and manage the stray population in Seychelles was assented to by the island nation’s President, Danny Faure, in a…
Amnesty urges ICC to probe ‘crimes against humanity’ in Venezuela
Amnesty International said Tuesday it believes the Venezuelan authorities have committed crimes against humanity in their crackdown on anti-government protests, and urged the International Criminal…