Citizens of climate-threatened Tuvalu will have the right to live in Australia under a landmark pact unveiled Friday -- an offer of refuge as their Pacific homeland is lost beneath the seas. Prime ministers Kausea Natano and Anthony Albanese inked a treaty to help Tuvalu's 11,000 residents tackle climate change, and to take up sanctuary [...]
Seychelles' men's national football team will face Ivory Coast in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers on November 17 in Abidjan and the caretaker head coach has expressed disappointment at not having his strongest team. Coach Ralph Jean-Louis told reporters recently that local clubs are not cooperating in the release of players called to join [...]
The world's largest tern, the Caspian tern, has been spotted breeding on Cosmoledo Atoll, making it the second oceanic breeding site in Seychelles after the Aldabra Atoll. Jake Letori, a conservation officer of the Island Conservation Society (ICS) based on Cosmoledo, told SNA that this important discovery was made in May by the ICS team on the [...]
France hosted a conference Thursday on humanitarian aid for Gaza calling for a "humanitarian pause" so countries can "work towards a ceasefire", as the Palestinian territory remained under bombardment by Israel following Hamas' October attack. "In the immediate term, we need to work on protecting civilians. To do that, we need a humanitarian pause very [...]
Senegalese President Macky Sall has ordered emergency measures be taken to halt growing numbers of migrants leaving the West African country in small boats headed for Europe. Sall instructed the government to introduce "emergency security, economic, financial and social measures to neutralise emigrant departures", a statement said late on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting. It [...]
The UK government is facing a backlash after a senior minister said some people were homeless out of choice, and as one charity said its distribution of emergency food aid has hit record levels. A cost-of-living crisis in the G7 nation and the world's sixth-biggest economy, fuelled by high inflation, has left many Britons struggling [...]
New research has started to determine the validity of labelling Silhouette Island's population as a culturally displaced people following large tourism developments on the island. Cindy Moka, a researcher at the University of Seychelles (UniSey), began the research in June and presented her initial findings during one of the academic activities of the 2023 Creole [...]
The Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday approved a phased introduction of Seychelles' trade remedies legislation that will serve to protect the country from illegal dumping. In a Cabinet press briefing on Thursday, Vice President Ahmed Afif told reporters, "We have a policy that protects our local industry but the way to do it properly and [...]
The President of the Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, will attend the first Saudi-Africa Summit that will take place on November 10, State House said on Wednesday. According to State House, Ramkalawan will attend the summit at the invitation of the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdul Aziz. Seychelles and Saudi Arabia have enjoyed diplomatic and fraternal relations [...]
Last month was the hottest October on record globally, Europe's climate monitor said Wednesday, as months of exceptional heat likely to make 2023 the warmest year in history. With temperatures soaring beyond previous averages by exceptional margins, scientists say the pressure on world leaders to curb planet-heating greenhouse gas pollution has never been more urgent [...]
