Rwanda on Sunday begins sombre commemorations for the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, a mass slaughter orchestrated by Hutu extremists against the Tutsi minority over 100 bloody days. More than 800,000 men, women and children, mainly ethnic Tutsis but also moderate Hutus, were killed in the murderous onslaught that saw families and friends turn [...]
US communities along the path of the April 8 total solar eclipse are preparing for the year's biggest astronomic event, with millions of visitors expected to brighten local economies -- and snarl up logistics. Near the US-Canada border in Burlington, Vermont, which is set to experience the totality just before 3:30 pm (1930 GMT), many [...]
The Electoral Commission of Seychelles is urging people to ensure that they complete the registration process for the voters' register on time. The chief registration officer, Sheena Boniface, made the statement at the official certification of the Voters' Register 2024 at the National Library on Tuesday. Boniface told reporters that this is due to the registration [...]
Seychelles is on the right track as it continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and the December 7 disasters, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission chief on Tuesday. Todd Schneider made the statement to reporters after meeting with the President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, at State House. “We talked about Seychelles’ economic performance [...]
Several people working for US-based charity World Central Kitchen were killed Monday in an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip, according to the organisation's founder. World Central Kitchen "lost several of our sisters and brothers in an IDF air strike in Gaza. I am heartbroken and grieving for their families and friends and our whole [...]
The situation in chaos-wracked Haiti is "cataclysmic", with more than 1,500 people killed by gang violence so far this year and more weapons pouring into the country, the UN said Thursday. In a fresh report, the United Nations rights office detailed how "corruption, impunity and poor governance, compounded by increasing levels of gang violence (had) [...]
Sustainability for Seychelles (S4S), a non-governmental organisation, intends to expand on the air quality monitoring project it started last November to gain a clearer picture of how good the island nation's air quality is and determine where action should be taken. One of the board members of S4S, Marie-Therese Purvis, told SNA that initially, to [...]
Pope Francis urged the world to resist "the logic of weapons" in his Easter message at the Vatican on Sunday, easing growing health fears as he greeted thousands of Catholics. The 87-year-old's "Urbi et Orbi" (To the City and the World) blessing came after he led Easter Mass in front of 60,000 worshippers at Saint [...]
As Christians in Seychelles join others in the world to celebrate Easter, the Roman Catholic and Anglican church leaders in the island nation are bringing a message of renewal and of not being afraid of anything. Bishop Alain Harel of the Roman Catholic Diocese said, "Happy Easter, as we allow ourselves to be renewed [...]
Pope Francis is expected to lead Easter services at the Vatican Saturday and Sunday after his last-minute cancelation of a major Good Friday procession revived questions about his health. The 87-year-old pontiff was still scheduled to preside over a 1830 GMT Easter eve vigil at Saint Peter's basilica in front of thousands of pilgrims from [...]