Category: News
Satellite tracking project monitors sooty tern movement across Seychelles
A group of local researchers has partnered with Germany-based Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour to track sooty terns' movements by satellite. [...]
Pioneering movie star Sidney Poitier dies at 94
Sidney Poitier, Hollywood's first major Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died at 94, prompting an outpouring [...]
Seychelles among 5 candidates to host 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Seychelles is among five nations bidding to host the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, an official said.
The bidding process opened in October and w [...]
Seychellois referee to officiate his final international tournament at his 5th Africa Cup of Nations
Seychellois referee Bernard Camille will officiate his fifth Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in January, which he says will be his last int [...]
Missing $50m case: Seychelles Supreme Court rejects former First Lady’s plea for lower bail, orders better treatment of female detainee
The Seychelles Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea for a review of bail conditions for Sarah Zarqhani Rene, the widow of former President France [...]
France weighs cancelling Dakar rally after suspected terror attack
France is considering cancelling the Dakar rally after an explosion in Saudi Arabia that badly injured a French driver and prosecutors are investigat [...]
Six million need aid in drought-hit parts of Ethiopia: UN
More than six million people in drought-hit areas of eastern and southern Ethiopia will need "life-saving" assistance this year, the UN's emergency r [...]
Land acquisitions after Seychelles’ 1977 coup; 148 applicants seek justice
Applications made under the return of undeveloped land scheme, set up on October 1, 2020, by the Seychelles government, will be reviewed this month, [...]
Sri Lanka enters strategic oil deal with India
Sri Lanka and India launched a joint venture Thursday to revive a strategic British colonial-era oil storage facility and strengthen energy security [...]
Air Seychelles back to Jo’burg tomorrow – Travel restrictions lifted
Seychelles has revised its advisory that restricted travel from seven southern African countries, introduced on November 27, to curb the spread of th [...]