Seychelles aims to achieve its target of net-zero carbon emissions by the year 2050, a target set under the Paris Agreement, with the development of its "Long Term Vision towards Net Zero." To tackle climate change and its negative impacts, world leaders at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris reached a breakthrough [...]
Seychelles has been ranked among the countries with the highest levels of information and communication technology (ICT) development in Africa, according to a report published at the end of June by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Seychelles retains its ranking as the third in Africa in the 2024 report, while the island nation sits 78th [...]
The iconic Victoria clock-tower in the Seychelles' capital of of the same name was lit in pink on Friday highlighting the end of a month-long cancer awareness activities organised by the Soroptimist International Club of Victoria. Members of the club's Seychelles chapter linked hands around the clock tower in a symbol of solidarity, unity and unwavering support for [...]
Seychelles is celebrating the 39th edition of the Creole Festival, an event that President Wavel Ramkalawan has said brings the Seychellois nation great pride to see the progress and achievements made in this field. Ramkalawan made the statement in his message on the occasion of International Creole Day, which is celebrated every year on October 28. [...]
Every rainy season for the past 12 years, floods have swept through 67-year-old Idris Egbunu's house in central Nigeria. It is always the same story -- the Niger River bursts its banks and the waters claim his home for weeks on end, until he can return and take stock of the damage. The house then [...]
The experts' assessment is clear: humans are the major threat to Earth's land, seas and all the living things they shelter, including ourselves. The COP16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, enters its second week Monday to assess, and ramp up, progress towards achieving 23 targets agreed in Canada two years ago to halt and reverse [...]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Sunday that Israel's "precise and powerful" strikes on Iran had been a success, as his country's forces pounded targets in Gaza and Lebanon. The previous day's strikes by Israeli planes on military targets in Iran had fed fears that the Middle East was spiralling towards an even wider conflict [...]
A Seychellois fashion designer, Oushna John Labrosse, launched the inaugural edition of the Women Empowerment Fashion Week, focused on supporting women who have experienced domestic violence, on Thursday. The event, which was opened at The Boardwalk, Eden Island, is titled "Fashion With a Purpose," and its overarching message is empowerment and awareness. Designers showcasing their work are [...]
The European Union on Saturday called for all parties to exercise utmost restraint to avoid an "uncontrollable escalation" in the Middle East, after Israel carried out deadly air strikes in Iran. Earlier Israel said its warplanes carried out raids targeting Iranian military facilities in retaliation for a missile barrage -- further stoking fears of a [...]
Visitors to Camion Hall in the Seychelles' capital of Victoria were treated to an array of locally made products on Wednesday, which included Tanne's Delight's variety of jams. The fair was held by the Enterprise Seychelles Agency (ESA) and SNA spoke to Tanne's Delight's owner, Gaetanne Payet, from Baie Lazare, about her spin on well-known local sweets. Payet [...]
