A high-level delegation from Absa Group visited Seychelles and met with Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan last week, as well as executives of Absa Bank Seychelles, which was previously part of the Barclays Bank group, one of the oldest banks to operate in the island nation. SNA met with Absa Group CEO Arrie Rautenbach and the managing director [...]
Moscow escalated its attacks in Ukraine on Saturday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky denouncing a deadly strike on a blood transfusion centre as a "war crime". A separate strike struck a key factory, both attacks coming just hours after Kyiv hit a Russian tanker in the Kerch Strait. The attacks were the latest since Moscow exited [...]
Young international candidates and Seychellois youth with an interest in conservation are being asked to join Nature Seychelles' programme on Cousin Island Special Reserve for the hawksbill season, which begins in October. The chief executive of the non-profit organisation, Nirmal Shah, told SNA that "we are looking for people with the mental and emotional ability to apply [...]
West Africa's regional bloc said Friday its military chiefs have agreed a plan for a possible intervention in Niger, after the junta failed to restore civilian rule there following last week's coup. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday gave the junta that toppled elected president Mohamed Bazoum in a July 26 [...]
Logos Hope, the world's biggest floating library, is expected to berth in Seychelles' Port Victoria on August 10 and will open for the public from August 11 until August 16. Logos Hope returns to the islands nearly eight years after its visit in November 2015, at the beginning of its African tour. During this time [...]
A harvest policy will be included in all future fisheries management plans in Seychelles, said a top government official on Thursday. The announcement followed the Cabinet of Minister's approval of the Harvest Strategy Policy and the management standards for Seychelles' fisheries on Wednesday. The policy expects to underpin objectives to ensure that individual fisheries in [...]
With the aim of creating an opportunity for Seychellois craftspeople to display their products as well as provide business opportunities for them, a four-day exhibition of local artisanal works is being held at the Carrefour des Arts in the capital Victoria. Under the theme "Reviv Lartizana Seselwa" – Creole for "Relive Seychellois Craftwork"- the exhibition was organised by the National Arts and Crafts Council (NACC) in collaboration [...]
Ethiopia's federal government on Friday declared a "state of emergency" as violent clashes escalate between the national army and local fighters from the northern region of Amhara. "It has become necessary to declare a state of emergency as a situation has emerged where it has become difficult to control this unacceptable movement under current law," [...]
Former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election and defraud the American people. Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, entered his plea during a nearly 30-minute hearing at the same Washington courthouse where hundreds of his supporters [...]
All parties involved in the spanner crab fishing sector in Seychelles were updated on work being carried out by the local fishing authority in a workshop on Thursday. The workshop is part of a collaboration with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) under the International Climate Initiative (IKI) grant. Participants [...]
