Category: News
Tunisia president extends parliament suspension, sets election in 1 year
Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Monday extended his months-long suspension of parliament until new elections in December 2022, while calling for a [...]
Seychelles to receive $10 million from UNDP to improve Blue Economy sector
Seychelles will receive about $10 million from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the coming 18 months to improve its Blue Economy se [...]
West African bloc calls for election timetable from Guinea
Leaders of the West African bloc ECOWAS have called on Guinea's military junta to provide a timetable for elections that would lead to a return to ci [...]
Special UN rights council session expected on Ethiopia this week
The United Nations Human Rights Council is expected to host a special session on the civil war in Ethiopia this week, following an urgent request fro [...]
Seychelles’ former president shares Blue Economy successes with South East Asian Nations
As an island state and a pioneer of the Blue Economy, Seychelles can share its model with other small islands in the Association of South East Asian [...]
Race to find survivors as US tornadoes kill dozens
US emergency workers searched Sunday for survivors of ferocious tornadoes that killed dozens of people across several states and left towns in ruins, [...]
Seychelles Prison Services makes plans to use electronic ankle bracelets
The Seychelles Prison Services is planning to introduce electronic ankle bracelets in 2023 to better monitor inmates while also giving those on speci [...]
S.Africa pays tribute to last apartheid leader De Klerk
South Africa on Sunday paid an official tribute to FW de Klerk, the final president of white rule, who freed Nelson Mandela from prison and steered t [...]
Affordable Art Fair offers works by Seychellois artists just in time for Christmas
The opportunity to buy artwork at a reduced price is here again as the Arterial Network Seychelles prepares to host the eighth edition of the 'Afford [...]
Mauritius records first two Omicron cases, more feared
The Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius has recorded its first two infections of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, both linked to people returned fro [...]