Russia damaged a grain export hub in a massive drone attack, Ukrainian officials said Monday, as Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Moscow hoping to revive the deal allowing Ukraine to export grain through the Black Sea. Ukraine's foreign ministry said the drones had fallen on Romanian territory and released images of explosions across [...]
African policymakers will kick off a landmark climate summit in Kenya on Monday aimed at reframing the continent as a budding renewable energy powerhouse and calling for international financial help to unlock its potential. Kenyan President William Ruto says he wants the first Africa Climate Summit to help "deliver African solutions" to the November COP28 [...]
The Seychelles women's volleyball national team defended its champion title for the fourth consecutive time at the 11th edition of the Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) on Sunday. The Seychellois side defeated host country Madagascar 3-2 at a set score of 25-11, 23-25, 25-21, 23-25, and 15-11 to give Seychelles its 11th gold medal at the [...]
The needs of South Africans are better met today than they were at the end of the apartheid era, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said at the ruling ANC's first campaign rally on Sunday. Ramaphosa admitted mistakes along the way but urged voters not just to look at the ANC's record of recent years. The [...]
A Seychellois fashion designer has for the first time been selected to participate in the World Fashion Exhibition in Beverly Hills, United States, in October. Oushna John Labrosse, 33, is the owner of OJZ Seychelles and she designs bags, jewellery, clothes and lingerie. Labrosse told SNA that she was informed via email in 2022 that she had [...]
The latest mission in India's ambitious space programme blasted off Saturday on a voyage towards the centre of the solar system, a week after the country's successful unmanned Moon landing. Aditya-L1 launched shortly before midday, with a live broadcast showing hundreds of spectators cheering wildly against the deafening noise of the rocket's ascent. "Congratulations to [...]
Seychelles' health authorities have agreed to expedite the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Zambia to facilitate the recruitment of Zambian health professionals to work in the island nation. In a press statement on Thursday, the Ministry of Health said that Minister Peggy Vidot and her Zambian counterpart Sylvia Masebo made the agreement during a [...]
The general who overthrew Gabon's 55-year Bongo dynasty will be sworn in on Monday as transitional president, the army said, as the opposition called for its candidate to be recognised as the winner of weekend elections. The military sought to reassure donors they would "respect all commitments" at home and abroad and "phase in" transitional [...]
Pope Francis was given an exuberant welcome to Mongolia Friday on the first papal visit to the Asian nation, as he sent a message of "unity and peace" to neighbouring China in a bid to improve ties. The 86-year-old pontiff's trip through Monday to the Buddhist-majority nation is a gesture of support for its tiny [...]
Seychelles is hosting the first ever All-African Artistic Dance Championships at the Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Hotel on Mahe Island where non-elite and masters in artistic dance will clash in a showdown. The event, which is being organised by the World Artistic Dance Federation (WADF) in collaboration with the Seychelles National Institute of Culture Heritage [...]
