Author: Seychelles News Agency
World court to rule on Iran’s billions frozen in US
The International Court of Justice on Wednesday will give its decision on a bid by Iran to recover $2 billion in frozen assets that the United States [...]
Air Seychelles to restart flights to Madagascar on seasonal basis twice weekly
The Seychelles' national carrier, Air Seychelles, will once again be flying to the capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo, this time with seasonal flight [...]
Seychelles and Norway talk about blue economy, climate change and renewable energy
A special envoy of Norway met with Seychelles’ President on Tuesday to discuss work that can be done in the fields of the blue economy, climate change [...]
Several dead in Buhari rally stampede in Nigeria
Several people were killed Tuesday when a stampede erupted at a campaign rally of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari days ahead of general elections, [...]
Kagame steps down, Egypt’s Sisi takes helm at African Union
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who led an active, reformist tenure as African Union chair, on Sunday passed the baton to Egypt, seen as more likely to [...]
Seychelles’ plans to advance Blue Economy highlighted at African Union
The Seychelles’ experiences, challenges, achievements and upcoming plans for advancing the Blue Economy were highlighted by the island nation’s Vice P [...]
World Bank providing Seychelles with assistance for planned technical and vocational school
The World Bank is currently on a first education mission to the Seychelles to assist the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development to deve [...]
AU seeks conference on Libya, elections in October
The African Union on Monday called for a global conference in July to try to resolve the conflict in Libya, with the aim of holding elections in Octob [...]
Seychelles assumes presidency of ‘Vanilla Islands,’ seeks to improve tourism earnings
Maximising earnings from tourists on cruise ships and engaging in more group marketing are some of the areas that Seychelles will focus on as it assum [...]
DR Congo election loser calls for rematch
The runner-up in DR Congo's controversial presidential election has proposed staging the poll again within six months.
In a letter to the African Unio [...]