Category: News
Seychelles sees 3 percent increase in tourism, leading to big revenue bump
Seychelles in 2018 saw a three-percent increase in tourism arrivals, which -- although lower than last year’s increase -- helped the industry to a 15 [...]
Madagascar votes in showdown between two ex-presidents
Madagascans head to the ballot box on Wednesday in a run-off election between two rivals who have waited years to come face-to-face in a fiercely pers [...]
Voters on reclaimed island in Seychelles can register in January
An exercise to have a new voter register for the district of Ile Perseverance will begin early January 2019, said the Seychelles' Electoral Commission [...]
Seychelles presses case for small island states at global environmental meeting
Seychelles has urged countries to work together to prevent and mitigate any adverse impacts against the developmental aspirations and survival of smal [...]
UK ministers meet to step up no-deal Brexit plans
British ministers met on Tuesday to intensify plans for leaving the European Union without a deal -- a prospect that is becoming more likely as Prime [...]
Ethiopian Airlines reopens Moscow route after 27 years
Ethiopian Airlines on Monday resumed flights to Moscow after a gap of 27 years stretching back to the demise of the Soviet Union, which saw relations [...]
Seychelles sets up new National Intelligence Agency to fight crime
The Seychelles’ National Assembly has approved the setting up of an intelligence agency to coordinate the gathering of information with the aim of add [...]
New Maldives leader secures $1.4bn from ‘closest friend’ India
The new Maldives president, seen as closer to the West and India than his predecessor, secured $1.4 billion from New Delhi on Monday in his first visi [...]
Hospital in India interested in Seychelles’ Ministry of Health partnership for patient treatment
The Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute from Kerala, India, is looking to partner with the Seychelles’ Ministry of Health in the ar [...]
North Korea warns on US sanctions
Nuclear-armed North Korea condemned the United States over its latest sanctions measures, warning Washington's approach could "block the path to denuc [...]