Author: Seychelles News Agency

A Brazilian man was sentenced by the Seychelles Supreme Court on Monday to six years in prison for importing cocaine. The Brazilian snacks seller, Ven [...]

China overtakes US in number of diplomatic missions

For the first time, China has more diplomatic missions around the world than the United States, according to a study published Wednesday that offered [...]

Seychelles-Tel Aviv direct flight launches Thursday; first in region to Israel

Weekly direct flights between Israel and Seychelles that begin Thursday morning will further bring the people of both countries closer, said the newly [...]

Slash emissions now or face climate disaster, UN warns

The world will miss its chance to avert climate disaster without an immediate and all-but-impossible fall in fossil fuel emissions, the UN said Tuesda [...]

Seychelles’ top court delays government pay raise ruling until Friday

The Seychelles Constitutional Court has postponed its judgement in the petition brought by President Danny Faure against the Speaker of the National A [...]

Botswana opposition in legal challenge over vote ‘irregularities’

Botswana's largest opposition on Tuesday said it had filed a legal challenge against the outcome of last month's parliamentary polls, which were overw [...]

Abandoned as a baby in Seychelles, German man returns to meet rescuers

Moses Pracht, a German national of Seychellois origin who was abandoned at birth near a bin site in Seychelles in March 1991, reunited on Monday with [...]

Last Irish nun in Seychelles dies at age 93; remembered fondly as a teacher

Sister Dominic Kavanagh of the St Joseph Convent, who passed away last week, will be laid to rest on Tuesday afternoon. Sister Dominic, 93, died Thurs [...]

Netanyahu can stay on as PM despite indictment: attorney general

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can stay on in his post although he has been indicted on corruption charges, Israel's attorney general said Monday. [...]