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18 Members of the Chagos Refugee Group Leave Mauritius to Lay Wreaths on the Tombs of Their Ancestors
Eighteen members of the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG) are leaving Mauritius this Tuesday to lay wreaths on the tombs of their ancestors in the Chagos Archipelago at 1920km north of Mauritius. CRG President Olivier Bancoult said on Tuesday that the ceremony...
Britain Donates Drug Testing Kits to Seychelles’ Police
The British High Commission in Seychelles has made a donation of testing kits to the Seychelles Police Department to help in detecting cases of drug abuse. High Commissioner Matthew Forbes who handed the equipments to Police Chief Ernest Quatre indicated...
European Union to Deploy Two Anti-piracy Planes in the Seychelles
The European Union (EU) is to deploy two anti-piracy surveillance planes in the Seychelles in September in time for an expected surge in pirate activity as the south-east monsoon draws to a close, British High Commissioner Matthew Forbes announced on...
British Embassy in Seychelles Chosen to be Among Those to Fly the Olympic Hand Over Flag
The British High Commission (BHC) in Seychelles is among the few British diplomatic missions to have been chosen by the British government to fly the Olympic handover flag, said the High Commissioner Fergus Cochrane-Dyet on Monday as he unfurled the flag...
Britain Denies Trying to Embarrass South Africa Over Zimbabwe Issue At UN
The British government has denied that it deliberately brought the Zimbabwe issue onto the United Nations Security Council agenda while South Africa is president of the council with the intention of embarrassing South Africa, which does not believe Zimbabwe...
