Category: News
2 pageants held in Seychelles for the deaf crown two winners
Elisa Mondine from Mozambique has been crowned Miss Deaf Africa 2018, while Adeline from Madagascar was named the first Miss Deaf Indian Ocean.
The t [...]
At least 30 drown in Uganda pleasure boat disaster
Thirty people drowned and more than 60 were feared dead after a pleasure boat sank in Lake Victoria, Ugandan police said Sunday, in the latest such in [...]
Parti Lepep, seeking platform of unity, changes name to United Seychelles
One of Seychelles’ major political parties has changed its name from Parti Lepep to United Seychelles in a congress that took place at the Internation [...]
EU leaders to sign off historic Brexit deal
European Union leaders meet Sunday to approve a historic Brexit deal, which British Prime Minister Theresa May said would deliver her country a "brigh [...]
President of Seychelles attending global Blue Economy conference in Kenya
The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, will be attending the first ever global high-level conference on the sustainable blue economy in Nairobi, Ke [...]
Sri Lanka president suffers latest setback in parliament
Sri Lanka's deposed prime minister in a tight grip on a key committee in parliament Friday, dealing with a blow to the country's president in the late [...]
Seychelles facing economic challenges from climate change, official says
Climate change is affecting the Seychelles’ economic development and is having a direct impact on the livelihood of the Islanders, said a top governme [...]
No room for climate delay, UN chief tells online summit
The world is not moving fast enough to curb global warming and needs immediate action to address the issue, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told [...]
Ghosn gone: Nissan drives out chairman after arrest
Nissan's board sacked Carlos Ghosn as chairman on Thursday, a spectacular fall from grace for the once-revered boss whose arrest for financial miscond [...]
French, Seychellois militaries in joint training exercise centred on illicit drug fight
Seychelles and the French military from Nov. 19-23 are carrying out a military exercise centred on the fight against trafficking illicit drugs, a mili [...]