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Britain should give up Chagos Islands: UN court
Britain should give up control of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean "as rapidly as possible", the UN's top court said Monday in a decades-old row [...]
Seychelles’ Police investigating fire on board intercepted Iranian dhow
The Police in Seychelles have started an investigation after an Iranian dhow caught fire in Seychellois waters early Friday morning.
The fire broke ou [...]
Oscars red carpet: old school glamour, loads of pink, stylish men
Hollywood's biggest stars strutted their stuff on the Oscars red carpet Sunday, and a few trends emerged: old school glamour, metallic gowns, lots of [...]
After increase in gender-based violence, Seychelles pushes for action plan
The Seychelles is pushing ahead and finalizing a national plan of action for gender-based violence, or GBV. This move comes now that the Ministry of F [...]
Explosion of colours, free-form animals: Artist opens new exhibit in Seychelles
Floating human forms alongside animals with mutated bodies within landscapes of smudged colours. Those are some of the most prominent features that wi [...]
Nigerians wait for election results as polls close
Nigerians on Saturday waited to hear who their next president will be as voting in delayed elections drew to a close and the counting began.
Results f [...]
Seychelles’ Silhouette island showcases museum from plantation era
Visitors to Silhouette -- Seychelles’ third-largest island -- can learn more about the colonial life in the island nation through exhibits in a museum [...]
Seychelles’ top court dismisses charge of rape levied by Russian travel writer
The Seychelles Supreme Court has ruled that there is no case to answer in the criminal case of a Mauritian man charged with sexual abuse for an allege [...]
World Court to rule in Chagos islands row
The UN' top court will hand down its view Monday in a bitter dispute between Britain and Mauritius over the fate of the Chagos islands, home to key UK [...]
Competing concerts to duel on Venezuelan border
Arenri Roque endured three days on a bus to take in a fund-raising concert Friday for Venezuela's opposition -- one thrust of a musical duel with the [...]