Christians in Seychelles join the rest of the world on Monday, December 25, for a Christmas celebration in their usual tradition starting with mass celebrated in their respective parishes. The celebrations are somewhat overcast after the country suffered two major disasters on the same day on December 7, after several days of torrential rains in [...]
Israel on Sunday pressed on with its war on Hamas in Gaza, shifting focus to the besieged territory's south as a spiralling death toll has thrown a pall of gloom over Bethlehem on Christmas Eve. US President Joe Biden stressed the "critical need" to protect civilians, in a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who [...]
While the Seychelles' capital Victoria is ready to welcome Christmas on Monday, December 25, there are mixed feelings among believers in the aftermath of two disasters that happened on December 7. Since the beginning of December, the Christmas lights have been lit up and most shops are selling items linked to the festive season. Acting Mayor of [...]
A West African delegation led by the leaders of Senegal and Ghana were in Sierra Leone on Saturday to lay the groundwork for a "security mission" in the wake of an alleged coup attempt in November. On November 26, armed attackers stormed a military armoury, two barracks, two prisons and two police stations, clashing with [...]
The Seychelles Sports Awards of the Year will return in February 2024 after a three-year hiatus, the chief executive of the National Sports Council (NSC), Marc Arrisol, said on Tuesday. The last time the event took place was in February 2020 when sailor Rodney Govinden and swimmer Felicity Passon won the Best Sportsman and Sportswoman [...]
The Seychelles Police issued a statement late on Friday announcing that they had started to investigate the death of Rosie Bistoquet, aged 62 from Pointe Larue, who was a proportional member of the Seychelles National Assembly for the ruling Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) party. “The police are treating this as a murder, the suspect in this [...]
Storm clouds are finally gathering over Zimbabwe's biggest animal reserve, but it has come too late for more than 110 elephants that have died in a searing, extended drought. There is little that Simba Marozva and other rangers at the Hwange National Park can do except cut the tusks off the rotting corpses before poachers [...]
A Seychellois woman, Beryl Dodin, has been named a Kindness Champion by the World Kindness Movement (WKM) in acknowledgement of her commitment and contributions to fostering compassion and goodwill. To commemorate World Kindness Day on November 13, the movement identified individuals around the world who were making a difference in the world through different acts of kindness [...]
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan has sent a message of condolence following the passing of a sitting Member of the National Assembly, Rosie Bistoquet, State House said on Friday. According to a police communique, an investigation has started in an incident that happened late on Thursday in the eastern Mahe district of Pointe Larue in which [...]
The Seychelles National Library re-opened its services to the public on Thursday with a limited number of books while the others are still being processed, said a top official. Speaking to SNA, the principal librarian at the National Library, Anne-Mary Robert, said that this is due to procedures they must follow. "When we look at the [...]
