Category: News
President of Maldives to visit Seychelles on Friday, talk about tourism, Blue Economy
The President of the Maldives, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, will arrive in Seychelles on a two-day state visit on August 2, the Department of Foreign Affair [...]
China to weigh in on deepening Hong Kong crisis
After weeks of increasingly violent protests, China's top policy body on Hong Kong affairs was set to hold an extremely rare press briefing Monday on [...]
Down 2-0, Seychelles’ ladies volleyball team roars back to win gold for third time in Indian Ocean Island Games
The Seychelles’ ladies volleyball team retained its title in the 10th edition of the Indian Ocean Island Games, which will end on Sunday with the clos [...]
State funeral for Tunisia’s Essebsi as new polls loom
Thousands of Tunisians on Saturday attended the funeral of president Beji Caid Essebsi as the North African nation gears up for snap elections as earl [...]
La Digue to be first Seychellois island with its own history museum
La Digue will become the first island in the Seychelles archipelago to get its own dedicated history museum. ‘Musee de La Digue’, to be built at L’Uni [...]
WHO says e-cigarettes ‘undoubtedly harmful’
Electronic cigarettes are "undoubtedly harmful" and should be regulated, the WHO said Friday as it warned against the use of vaping products by smoker [...]
Sri Lanka says illegal UK waste offloaded to India, Dubai
A Sri Lankan investigation into nearly 3,000 tonnes of illegally imported hazardous waste has shown that some of it was sent on to India and Dubai, a [...]
‘Made in Seychelles’ label coming soon to promote island-made products
A ‘Made in Seychelles’ label will soon be introduced as a branding and marketing tool for the island nation to promote locally made products, said a t [...]
Seychellois teen trades the equator for the Arctic in ‘Students on Ice’ tour
A teenager from Seychelles has left the sunny island nation to join 129 other young people taking part in ‘Students on Ice' 2019 Arctic Expedition, a [...]
Uncertainty for Tunisia as president dies at 92
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, the country's first leader elected in nationwide polls, died at the age of 92 on Thursday, triggering political [...]