Campaigner for victims: Barry Laine
18th February 2025
By Lewis BetsyThe Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity process is concluded. The outcome is abundantly clear and endorsed by the final determinations of the process. There is however a daily sourc... more...
Contenders: Presidential candidate Alain St.Ange, right, with Vice-Presidential candidate Daniella Payet
14th February 2025
By Lewis Betsy With the Presidential elections not due for eight months, the political scene in Seychelles is already hotting up.Former Tourism Minister Alain St.Ange has announced his independen... more...
Giving evidence: Lewis Betsy at the TRNUC hearing in 2019. Picture courtesy of Today in Seychelles
24th January 2025
By Lewis BetsyThe Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) completed its hearings in 2022. We are now in 2025, almost three years on, and nothing has happened.Why?The victims of the... more...
Time for unity: Lewis Betsy
23rd December 2024
By Lewis BetsyGreetings of the season to you all.So many things are said at this time of year that are meant to be joyful, but are just empty words. I too have a message this Christmas and I will get ... more...
Seychelles National Football team in 1970: Lewis Betsy is on the back row, fourth from right
2nd December 2024
By Lewis BetsySeychelles football is in a terrible state and it is time for a change.The election for a new committee of the Seychelles Football Federation is on the 7th December and I urge the repres... more...
Inspirational: Gerard Hoarau
22nd November 2024
By Lewis BetsyThe anniversary of the murder of my friend the freedom fighter Gerard Hoarau will fall on 29th November. It is said that time can heal a hurt, but after 39 years I still feel a terr... more...
Lewis Betsy at graveside
9th September 2024
By Lewis BetsyI hold very dear the memory of my close friend Gerard Hoarau, who was assassinated outside his London home in 1985.Gerard was a proud fighter for a democratic Seychelles and paid the ult... more...
Westminster Abbey National Day of Seychelles Evensong
3rd July 2024
A Special Mass (Evensong) was held at Westminster Abbey to commemorate the National Day of Seychelles.I was privileged to be among the guests from the Seychellois Diaspora who were invited.It was an e... more...

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President's message gives Sir James encouragement in his cause for national unity 04 May 2016
Sir James Mancham believes an important step has been made towards reconciliation and national unity in Seychelles. A......
Air Seychelles 'committed to being best' in Indian Ocean 03 May 2016
Air Seychelles is “pushing the boundaries” in excellence, according to its chairman. The Seychelles-based......
Time to take a deep breath... and smile with pride 03 May 2016
People living in Seychelles are breathing the best air in the world. The archipelago topped the list of 180 countries......
Queen Victoria reigns at Mahe Quay 03 May 2016
Records just keep getting broken at Port Victoria. The 298m long Queen Victoria has now become the longest cruise shi......
Seychelles High Commissioner in London named 'Diplomat of the Year' 03 May 2016
Marie-Pierre Lloyd, the Seychelles High Commissioner in London, has been named the 2016 Diplomat of the Year from Afri......
Drugs boat caught off Bird Island after shots fired 03 May 2016
Shots were fired when an Iranian fishing boat suspected of carrying drugs refused to stop as it headed towards the Sey......
Michelle, the construction student who built her hopes on winning the President's Cup 03 May 2016
Michelle Pool is an engineering student who knows what she wants... and how to succeed. “I wanted this and I di......
Seychelles' greatest carnival is a beacon to the world for unity, peace and harmony 03 May 2016
The organisers of Seychelles' biggest carnival chose a poignant theme for this year's event. With countries across th......
Teenage swimming star Felicity beats the odds to score three championship medals 03 May 2016
Swimmer Felicity Passon overcame illness to claim three championship medals for Seychelles. The 16-year-old swimming ......
Seychelles soccer star Kevin Betsy is England team's new U15 head coach 03 May 2016
Seychelles-born soccer star Kevin Betsy has joined the FA as head coach of the England Men’s Under-15s team. The ......
Big Four opposition parties unite to fight NA elections after close call with Presidential poll 03 May 2016
Four opposition parties have joined together in preparation for the parliamentary elections later this year. The Seyc......
Another Presidential election, another claim of 'irregularities' – but in Comoros a re-run 03 May 2016
Any Seychellois watching the presidential election in Comoros will be able to spot certain coincidences. The Comoros ......
Let us make this special Independence Day celebration a party to end all parties 03 May 2016
By LEWIS BETSY This year is a significant date in the history of Seychelles. It will be 40 years since our beautiful is......

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24th January 2025
Giving evidence: Lewis Betsy at the TRNUC hearing in 2019. Picture courtesy of Today in Seychelles
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Let us have love, peace and unity this Christmas
23rd December 2024
Time for unity: Lewis Betsy
By Lewis BetsyGreetings of the season to you all.So many things are said at this time of year that… more...
We need to change the Seychelles Football Federation committee… they are ruining the game for us
2nd December 2024
Seychelles National Football team in 1970: Lewis Betsy is on the back row, fourth from right
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We remember with pride the heroism and sacrifice of Gerard Hoarau
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We pay our respects to the memory of my brave friend Gerard Hoarau
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Lewis Betsy at graveside
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National Day for Seychelles commemorated at Westminster Abbey
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Westminster Abbey National Day of Seychelles Evensong
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