Opposition’s Ramkalawan wins Seychelles presidential vote

Wavel Ramkalawan on Sunday won the presidential election in the Seychelles, the first opposition victory since the Indian Ocean archipelago’s independence from Britain over four decades ago. – ‘Major milestone’ – The opposition, narrowly defeated in a presidential election in 2015 and buoyed by a landmark victory in a parliamentary poll a year later, had been hoping for its first presidential win in the 44 years since independence from Britain.