Category: News
Malaysia ex-PM faces 21 new charges over 1MDB scandal
Malaysia's ex-leader Najib Razak is facing 21 money-laundering charges related to a transfer of $681 million into his bank account, police said Thursd [...]
Hotspots, not trouble spots: Africa seeks tourism boom
Africa draws just five percent of the world's tourists despite boasting attractions ranging from the Pyramids and Victoria Falls to wildlife safaris a [...]
President of Seychelles travels to New York for U.N. General Assembly meeting of global leaders
The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, travels to New York on Wednesday to attend the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), S [...]
6 Seychellois poets to participate in South Africa poetry festival
Six Seychellois are for the first time participating in a regional poetry festival to be held in South Africa next week. Their participation is possib [...]
5.2 million children at famine risk in Yemen: charity
More than five million children are at risk of famine in Yemen as the ongoing war causes food and fuel prices to soar across the country, charity Save [...]
S.Africa’s top court legalises personal, private cannabis use
South Africa's top court ruled Tuesday that private, personal cannabis use is legal in a landmark case that has pitted officials against marijuana adv [...]
Seychelles to implement rating system for tourism establishments
The Seychelles’ tourism department has established a national classification system for tourism establishments to raise standards and let tourists wha [...]
Project FishGuard: Seychelles to monitor illegal fishing with unmanned drones
Monitoring of illegal fishing activities in the waters of Seychelles will soon be conducted by drones as the island nation embarks on a trial project. [...]
Trump hits China with tariffs on another $200 bn in goods
US President Donald Trump on Monday defied warnings and escalated the trade confrontation with China, hitting the country with tariffs starting next w [...]
South Africa superbug kills six newborns
An outbreak of the Klebsiella pneumonia superbug that killed six newborns at a government hospital in Johannesburg has forced medics to close the faci [...]