Category: News
Legal battle looms after Nigerian presidential election
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said his re-election was "free and fair", after his beaten rival denounced the results as a "sham" a [...]
Seychelles-based Chagossians welcome new legal opinion, seek assurance from Mauritius
Seychelles-based Chagossians have welcomed the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) legal opinion that Britain should return the Chagos islands to M [...]
Condolences, memories from Seychelles’ leaders pour in after passing of former President Rene
France Albert Rene, Seychelles’ longest-serving president, died on Wednesday. He was 83. Messages of condolences poured in after the announcement of R [...]
Exiled Chagos Islanders celebrate, but worries remain
Exiled as children, people from the Chagos Islands celebrated on Tuesday the news that the United Nations' top court had told Britain to give up contr [...]
France Albert Rene, former President of Seychelles, dies at age 83
France Albert Rene, Seychelles’ longest-serving president who led the island nation for more than a quarter century during one-party rule, died on Wed [...]
Former president France Albert Rene passed away at 83 years old (BREAKING NEWS)
Seychelles’ former President France Albert Rene passed away on Wednesday morning at the Seychelles Hospital. He was 83 years old.
Rene who held office [...]
Nuclear weapons on menu at Trump-Kim dinner
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un meet Wednesday in Hanoi for the second date in an unlikely friendship that the US president hopes will push North Korea's [...]
State of the nation: Steps to control alcohol to be taken; Air Seychelles to be subsidised
A moratorium to control the production and promotion of alcohol and a development project for a specialised hospital are some of the measures that wil [...]
Cubans back new constitution affirming role of socialism
Cubans voted overwhelmingly in favor of constitutional reforms that cement the role of socialism in the island nation, the electoral commission said M [...]
Oxford students, Seychellois team up to clean debris from remote island
Twelve volunteers from Seychelles and England are expected to remove 50 tonnes of plastics from Aldabra, one of the world’s largest atolls, during a f [...]