Category: News
Algeria’s Bouteflika drops bid for fifth term after protests
Algeria's ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced Monday he is dropping his bid for a fifth term in office, scrapping the upcoming elections a [...]
UN environment talks open under shadow of Ethiopian plane crash
An assembly of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) opened in Nairobi Monday under a dark cloud cast by the plane crash that killed 157 people, includi [...]
EU anti-drug programme begins mission to help Seychelles tackle drug problem
Experts from the EU Action against Drugs and Organised Crime (EU-ACT) carried out a preliminary mission to assess the drugs situation in Seychelles -- [...]
Efforts under way for a fire contingency plan for Seychelles’ Praslin Island
Efforts are underway to develop a fire contingency plan for Seychelles’ third-most populated island of Praslin.
Two firefighters from Reunion – a Fren [...]
Search for bodies, clues after Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crash
Ethiopia will observe a national day of mourning Monday as investigators search for bodies and clues into the crash of a Nairobi-bound Boeing minutes [...]
Seychelles’ flora and fauna, carved into snow, win first place in China competition
Seychelles' coco de mer covered in snow? The tropical animals and plants found in Seychelles are not likely to be exposed to the extreme cold anytime [...]
Madagascar battles killer measles outbreak
Frangeline is aged two but weighs no more than a four-month-old -- the terrible result of her battle with measles, which is cutting a deadly swathe th [...]
4 Seychellois athletes to participate in Special Olympics games in Abu Dhabi this month
Four athletes from Seychelles will participate in the 2019 Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi from March 14-21.
The four athletes left the coun [...]
Tens of thousands protest in Algeria as Bouteflika stays defiant
Tens of thousands protested across Algeria on Friday in the biggest rallies yet against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term, [...]
Sri Lankan pleads guilty to illegal fishing; Seychelles’ top court levies $14,000 fine
The Seychelles’ Supreme Court on Friday sentenced the captain of a Sri Lankan fishing vessel $14,600 (SCR200,000) for illegal fishing in the Seychelle [...]