The European Union, the United States and other members of the international community said on Tuesday they were following with the "greatest vigilance" the run-up to presidential elections in Madagascar, after disputes over its regularity. Representatives of eight countries and international organisations including the EU, US, France and Japan, said "confidence" in the electoral process [...]
Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan has pointed out that the United Nations Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) interim report has not entirely met the needs of small island developing states (SIDS). Ramkalawan was addressing the heads of state and government of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Leaders Meeting in New York on September 22, which [...]
Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan held discussions with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan Al Nahyan, in New York on Sunday. President Ramkalawan is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. According to a press release from State House, President Ramkalawan and Sheikh [...]
President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced that France would withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military contingent in the coming months, a move welcomed by Niger's military leaders as a "step towards sovereignty". Macron's announcement comes two months after a coup in the west African country that ousted the pro-Paris president. "France [...]
A seven-year space voyage comes to its climactic end Sunday when a NASA capsule lands in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth the largest asteroid samples ever collected. Scientists have high hopes for the sample, saying it will provide a better understanding of the formation of our solar system and [...]
An exhibition entitled "Light" is on display at the Eden Art Space, a theme that the organisers say is inspired by Seychelles' uniqueness that drives many artists to produce amazing art. The exhibition, which started in August, will close on September 30. Michelle Morden, the manager of Eden Art Space, told SNA that "we are [...]
Pope Francis on Saturday urged European governments to welcome migrants instead of viewing them as invaders, striding into in a hugely sensitive political debate again inflamed by mass arrivals on the second day of his visit to France's Mediterranean port of Marseille. The pontiff made the comments hours before he leads a mass in Marseille's [...]
A former Seychelles men's national team head coach, Ralph Jean-Louis, is temporarily in charge of the selection for the island nation's next two matches in the FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign. The chief executive of the Seychelles Football Federation (SFF), Dennis Rose, made the statement on Thursday. "The previous national team's management's contract expired [...]
The Seychelles Magistrates' Court on Friday remanded in custody a Tanzanian national and five Seychellois for the offences of carrying out advice in matters of witchcraft, trespassing on burial places, insult to religion of any class, as well as writing or uttering words with intent to wound religious feelings. The Tanzanian suspect was apprehended by the [...]
President Volodymyr Zelensky, who once enjoyed enthusiastic support from his allies in the defence of Ukraine, is encountering more diplomatic setbacks than at any point since Russia's 2022 invasion. Zelensky went to the US Congress on Thursday to face sceptical Republicans threatening to cut off massive aid for his country's fight against Russia and to [...]
