In the wake of the Seychelles News Agency closure, the National Information Services Agency is now your go-to source for news, available online for you anytime, anywhere, thus maintaining its status as the main news source for Seychelles. The National Information Services Agency (Nisa), which produces and prints the daily Seychelles NATION newspaper, has long [...]
An entrepreneurs fair regrouping young people from the Indian Ocean countries will be part of the Indian Ocean Youth and Sport Commission (CJSOI) Games that are expected to be held in Seychelles next year. The fair will be part of the youth programme of the games, which also features sporting events to be held from July [...]
Following the decision of the Seychellois government and the National Information Services Agency (NISA), as of December 19, 2024, the Seychelles News Agency (SNA) will cease its daily journalistic operations. The website www.seychellesnewsagency.com will no longer function as of January 1, 2025. On October 4, the Vice President’s office issued a press release saying that the government [...]
The Seychelles’ government has expressed condolences and solidarity with nations affected by Cyclone Chido and the recent earthquake in Vanuatu, emphasising international unity in the face of these devastating natural disasters. Cyclone Chido has wreaked havoc across Mayotte and southern Africa. The search for missing persons continues in Mayotte, a French overseas territory in the [...]
The population of wedge-tailed shearwaters on D'Arros Island and St Joseph Atoll in Seychelles has increased tenfold, according to the Save our Seas Foundation (SOSF), which highlighted a successful eradication of rats, in a paper earlier this year for the Marine Ornithology journal. The project to eradicate rats was undertaken in the year 2003 and the island was declared rat-free [...]
The death toll from Cyclone Chido in Mozambique has risen by 11 to 45, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management announced Wednesday. Initial figures released on Tuesday said the cyclone had claimed 34 lives after making landfall in Mozambique on Sunday at the northern Cabo Delgado province. In its updated toll, the centre [...]
An historic deal for Britain to hand over control of the strategic Chagos Islands to Mauritius has been put into question after the new prime minister issued last-minute "counter proposals". After decades of negotiations, Britain agreed in October to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a former colony, on the condition that a US [...]
The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, welcomed Sakuta Makoto as the new Japanese Ambassador to Seychelles during a credential presentation ceremony held at State House on Tuesday. Ambassador Makoto is the first Japanese envoy to be stationed locally, marking a significant milestone in the bilateral relations between the two nations. According to a State House [...]
Nature Seychelles, a not-for-profit organisation, teamed up with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Madagascar to provide a 15-day science-based coral reef restoration training in the last months of the year for four practitioners from the southwestern Indian Ocean islands. Nature Seychelles said in a recent press release that the training began in October with three days of [...]
Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan addressed key national issues during his final live press conference of the year on Tuesday, with a focus on the Montagne Posee Prison riot, the Assumption Island Hotel project, the recent return of two Seychellois hostages from Iran, and investigations into gas-related incidents earlier this year. Montagne Posee Prison riot The [...]
