Category: News
WFP preparing to provide food aid to 1.1 million Zimbabweans
The World Food Programme said on Friday that it is preparing to provide food aid to 1.1 million Zimbabweans before the next harvest in 2019, as rural [...]
UP! Seychelles: New project sees artists spreading messages of environmental sustainability
A new project is underway in Seychelles where local artists specialising in visual arts are using their works to spread messages concerning environmen [...]
Chagos island ‘colony’ case to open at top court
The UN's top court will hear arguments Monday on the future status of the British-ruled Chagos Islands, home to a strategic joint US military base but [...]
Rockets pummel Libya’s Tripoli as rival militias clash
Rockets rained on several parts of the Libyan capital Saturday despite a truce to end fighting between rival militias, with one projectile hitting a p [...]
Seychellois living in Australia balancing both modelling and aviation careers
A young Seychellois residing in Australia landed an unexpected job -- modelling -- while living his childhood dream of being a pilot.
Jeffery Kissubi [...]
Super high tide needed to free grounded vessel from reef in Seychelles, official says
Authorities are waiting for a tide of at least 1.7 metres to start an operation to remove a foreign fishing vessel ran aground on a reef, said an offi [...]
African Union sees ‘positive’ talks on C.Africa
Representatives from 14 militias in the strife-torn Central African Republic have held "positive" talks that could lead to negotiations with the gover [...]
Chagos Islands: international dispute and human drama
Fifty years ago Britain separated the Chagos Islands from its colony Mauritius, expelling the entire population to make way for the installation of a [...]
Supporter of proposed monorail system for Seychelles touts reduction in traffic, pollution; gov’t not convinced
Reducing traffic congestion, pollution and fuel use, as well as creating an alternative emergency route, would be some of the benefits of a monorail s [...]
700 Seychellois families to receive free PV panels in a bid to lower their electricity consumption
Seven hundred Seychellois families identified as vulnerable are receiving free photovoltaic panels to help them lower their electricity consumption, a [...]