The 75th birthday of the United Kingdom's King Charles III was celebrated in Seychelles on Saturday under the theme 'James Bond', in an event hosted by the British High Commission. The party's organisers chose the theme as Ian Flemming - the creator of the James Bond books- penned his novel "For Your Eyes Only" during his stay in [...]
With a rise in demand for value-added fish products, the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) hosted a fisheries festival on Praslin, the second most populated island recently. The festival was held on Friday at the Baie Ste Anne fish market as part of activities leading up to its 40th anniversary and to celebrate this year's National Day on June [...]
Russia on Sunday said the United States had responsibility for a Ukrainian missile attack on Russian-annexed Crimea, which it said killed four people, including two children, and wounded over 100. A missile exploded above a beach area of the city of Sevastopol, firing shrapnel at people relaxing there, Russian-appointed officials said. Russia's defence ministry said [...]
The death toll from a batch of toxic illegal alcohol in India has risen to 53, media reported Sunday, as more victims in hospital succumbed to the poisonous brew. Tamil Nadu state Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has said the locally brewed arrack drink was laced with poisonous methanol, killing 37 within hours after they drank [...]
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani called on West African countries to come together to confront jihadism, in an interview with AFP ahead of the country's presidential vote. "The region must generate a common political will to be able to fight against insecurity," Ghazouani told AFP on Friday, on the campaign trail ahead of [...]
The history of lullabies sung to children and lyrics of Moutya songs in Seychelles are at the heart of the book entitled "Chanson Moutya et Berceuses Traditionnelles Des Seychelles (Moutya Songs and Traditional Lullabies) launched on Thursday at the National Library. The book, which contains 40 Moutya songs and 30 lullabies, is the result of research and collection of data [...]
The next Africa Cup of Nations will be played in Morocco from December 21 2025 to January 18 2026, Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe said on Friday. "I am confident that the CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 will be extremely successful and the best AFCON in the history of this competition," he said. [...]
The Anti-Corruption Commission Seychelles (ACCS) and the European Public Prosecution Office (EPPO) on Friday signed a working arrangement to further develop their partnership in creating anti-corruption awareness and addressing corruption within the public sector. According to the ACCS, the purpose of the working arrangement is to facilitate cooperation between the two parties in investigations [...]
The Seychelles' football season has been a good one for Premier League champions St. Louis, aside from winning the league title, their players made a sweep of individual awards at the recent Seychelles Football Federation (SFF) Awards ceremony. Gavin Jeanne won the Coach of the Year award, after leading his side to a first league [...]
The recent results of the lobster fishery independent survey show that illegal fishing could be causing a decline in the abundance of lobsters near the Seychelles' inner islands. Speaking to SNA at a validation workshop to present the survey results, the senior fisheries scientist at the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA), Kettyna Gabriel, said the survey found [...]
