The Seychelles Investment Board (SIB) has registered an increase in investors in the cinnamon industry and efforts are being undertaken to assist them in their work. The SIB chief executive officer, Anne Rosette, told SNA that SIB now has a list of 20 investors who are joining the cinnamon industry. “We are quite satisfied with [...]
A collection of postcards depicting photographs of many streets around Seychelles' capital of Victoria in the early 20th century were handed over to the Seychelles authorities on Wednesday. The collection is the work of a once active Japanese photographer in Seychelles, Samuel Shingow Ohashi, and was once spread all over the world, only to be [...]
Four people have died in floods following days of incessant rains in southern Mozambique, the country's institute for risk management said on Saturday. The National Institute for Disaster Management (INGD) said the deaths happened around the capital Maputo, while 14,000 people were evacuated out of more than 30,000 people estimated to have been affected by [...]
The Regional Environment Officers (REO) grant programme from the United States Embassy will continue to support the maintenance and restoration work on the Tea Tavern trail at Sans Soucis on Seychelles' main island of Mahe with an additional grant of $5,000. The maintenance and restoration work will be done by the Plant Conservation Action Group (PCA) [...]
Long-term exposure to air pollution raises the risk of depression, according to a pair of new studies published in the JAMA network of scientific journals. A study published on Friday in JAMA Network Open found that long-term exposure to elevated levels of air pollution increases the risk of late-onset depression among the elderly. The other [...]
A new and larger passenger terminal has been inaugurated on Seychelles' Praslin Island which is expected to bring greater safety to passengers and provide economic development opportunities for business owners in the vicinity. The new terminal, which was officially inaugurated by President Wavel Ramkalwan and transport minister Antony Derjacques, replaces the older terminal at Baie Ste Anne. [...]
The illegal possession of firearms case involving prominent Seychellois businessman Mukesh Valabhji and his wife Laura, a lawyer, and three others, will start in April or May, said the presiding judge on Friday. Chief Justice Rony Govinden said that he will set the date on February 24 when all the accused will appear before him. The case [...]
The father of a 17-month-old Russian baby, who died on Saturday, January 21, after being left alone in an air-conditioned car in a car park of a gym in the district of Anse Royale on Mahe, has pleaded guilty to wilful neglect. The couple appeared in the Supreme Court of Seychelles on Friday. Dmitri Jandurl, [...]
The deadliest cholera outbreak in Malawi's history has killed at least 1,210 people, while vaccines remain scarce and several other African nations report outbreaks, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The southern African nation has been battling its worst cholera outbreak on record, with nearly 37,000 cases reported since March 2022. Confirmed cases have already [...]
President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national disaster on Thursday in a bid to fast-track efforts to tackle South Africa's record electricity shortage that has put the brakes on growth in Africa's most industrialised economy. South Africa has in recent months been in the grip of its most serious energy crisis and years-long intermittent power cuts [...]
