The Biden administration lauded the Pentagon for shooting down an alleged Chinese spy balloon off the US Atlantic coast on Saturday, but China angrily voiced its "strong dissatisfaction" at the move and said it may make "necessary responses." The craft spent several days flying over North America before it was targeted off the coast of [...]
Arterial Network Seychelles – an artists' civil society network - has kicked off the year with its first exhibition - 'Untitled 3' - providing artists the platform to exhibit and sell art they have produced during the past month. The gallery manager at the Eden Art Space gallery, Shelley Morden, told SNA that the network [...]
Pope Francis on Saturday will meet victims of South Sudan's civil war, a day after delivering an impassioned appeal for the country's leaders to recommit to peace for the sake of their long-suffering people. Francis is making the first papal visit to South Sudan since it gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and plunged into [...]
Cadet Officer Sylvie Tamboo placed her name in the record books by becoming the first Seychellois woman to fly a Seychelles Air Force (SAF) Dornier plane while paving her way to becoming a commissioned military pilot. Tamboo, 20, is already a pilot after following her courses in Greece. The former student of the Independent School Seychelles told [...]
Two organisations have come together and agreed to enhance public knowledge about sustainable marine fisheries and increase informed debates among civil society, media and students, and others, in Seychelles. The Danny Faure Foundation (DFF) and the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) signed a partnership agreement on Thursday with the common aim of advancing sustainable fisheries in [...]
The Monaco Explorations' Indian Ocean expedition was a success and the platform is looking forward to extending and continuing the cooperation through new projects, said a top official on Thursday. The statement was made by Dr. Robert Calcagno, managing director of the expedition, in a ceremony in which he presented the work of the scientists [...]
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed a decisive response to any country threatening Russia and lashed out against Germany for promising tanks for Kyiv. His threats came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the Kremlin was consolidating its forces for a fresh offensive. Zelensky was speaking in Kyiv beside EU chief Ursula von der [...]
The functions of the National AIDS Council will be carried out by the Public Health Authority once legal proceedings are finalised to repeal the National AIDS Council Act approved by the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday. Mandated to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS, as well as address related matters, the National AIDS Council was launched in [...]
Pope Francis on Thursday urged tens of thousands of young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo to work towards a better future and shun corruption in the deeply Catholic country, which is plagued by violence in its east. The 86-year-old pontiff arrived at Martyrs' stadium in the capital Kinshasa on his popemobile, offering blessings [...]
Seychelles is remembering and mourning a former politician and Catholic priest who has been credited for his endeavours to bring democracy to the island nation. Gabriel Hoarau, who passed away last weekend, was laid to rest on Thursday. His funeral service was held at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception in the capital of [...]
