Eight Iranians, sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Seychelles Supreme Court for the importation and conspiracy to import illicit drugs, have been sent back to Iran. The commissioner of the Seychelles Prison Services, Raymond St. Ange, confirmed that the Iranians have been sent home in a Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) television news on [...]
The UAE pledged $4.5 billion in clean energy investments in Africa on Tuesday at a landmark climate summit aimed to showcase the continent's potential as a green powerhouse. Kenyan President William Ruto has sought to use the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi to shift the narrative on the region, presenting the clean energy transition as [...]
Thousands of Gabonese, many of them voicing joy and relief as a new era dawned, on Monday watched the inauguration of the military chief who last week toppled the Bongo dynasty, the rulers of their oil-rich state for more than half a century. General Brice Oligui Nguema took the oath of office as president, five [...]
The Seychelles delegation that competed in the 11th Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) in Madagascar are returning to the island nation, with two groups of athletes and officials already back. A third is expected back on Wednesday afternoon. At the Games, which took place from August 24 to September 3, Seychelles won a total of [...]
The Vatican Ambassador to Seychelles visited the island nation recently pledging more support and cooperation in the fight against drugs, responding to President Wavel Ramkalawan's request for support following his accreditation earlier this year. In March, the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Tomasz Grysa, held discussions with the head of state, which revolved around addressing social ills such as [...]
Russia damaged a grain export hub in a massive drone attack, Ukrainian officials said Monday, as Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Moscow hoping to revive the deal allowing Ukraine to export grain through the Black Sea. Ukraine's foreign ministry said the drones had fallen on Romanian territory and released images of explosions across [...]
African policymakers will kick off a landmark climate summit in Kenya on Monday aimed at reframing the continent as a budding renewable energy powerhouse and calling for international financial help to unlock its potential. Kenyan President William Ruto says he wants the first Africa Climate Summit to help "deliver African solutions" to the November COP28 [...]
The Seychelles women's volleyball national team defended its champion title for the fourth consecutive time at the 11th edition of the Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) on Sunday. The Seychellois side defeated host country Madagascar 3-2 at a set score of 25-11, 23-25, 25-21, 23-25, and 15-11 to give Seychelles its 11th gold medal at the [...]
The needs of South Africans are better met today than they were at the end of the apartheid era, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said at the ruling ANC's first campaign rally on Sunday. Ramaphosa admitted mistakes along the way but urged voters not just to look at the ANC's record of recent years. The [...]
A Seychellois fashion designer has for the first time been selected to participate in the World Fashion Exhibition in Beverly Hills, United States, in October. Oushna John Labrosse, 33, is the owner of OJZ Seychelles and she designs bags, jewellery, clothes and lingerie. Labrosse told SNA that she was informed via email in 2022 that she had [...]
