Category: News
Mali in turmoil after army detains leaders
Mali was in turmoil Tuesday after disgruntled army officers detained the president and the prime minister, sparking fears of a coup less than a year [...]
Prisoners in Seychelles to harvest cinnamon bark; earning money, helping industry
Prisoners in Seychelles will take part in a project to harvest cinnamon bark for exportation as part of their rehabilitation.
The work is an initiat [...]
New seafarers certificate to make it easier for Seychellois to work on foreign ships
Seychellois seafarers looking to work on foreign-flagged vessels will undergo less scrutiny as the island nation's gears up to sign Memorandum of Unde [...]
Italian cable car accident kills 13 people
Thirteen people died and two children were seriously injured Sunday when a cable car slammed into the side of a mountain in northern Italy, emergency [...]
Seychelles Coast Guard arrests 7 after intercepting local vessel
Three Seychellois and four Indonesian nationals have been arrested after a local vessel was intercepted during the weekend, the Police and the Seychel [...]
Human rights advancements in Seychelles highlighted in latest Universal Periodic Review
The national efforts made during the last five years in Seychelles to improve the human rights of its people have been included in the island nation's [...]
Goma city ‘spared’ as river of lava from DRC volcano halts
A river of red-hot lava stopped Sunday on the edge of Goma, sparing the eastern DR Congo city from disaster after an overnight eruption of the Nyirago [...]
Thousands flee Goma city in DR Congo after volcano erupts
Thousands have fled a volcanic eruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but the flaming lava from Mount Nyiragongo appeared to have come to a hal [...]
In mask-wearing era, Seychellois make-up artist says ‘eyebrows are the new smile’
A Seychellois entrepreneur has launched her own makeup brand that targets the upper half of a client's face, a response to the ubiquitous mask wearing [...]
Latin America passes 1 million Covid deaths as IMF proposes $50 bn plan
Latin America and the Caribbean passed one million coronavirus deaths on Friday as the IMF proposed a $50 billion plan to end the pandemic, aiming to [...]