Sri Lankan security forces demolished the main anti-government protest camp in the capital early Friday and evicted activists hours before the new president was due to name a cabinet. The raid came a day after veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the crisis-hit country's new leader, replacing Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled and resigned [...]
Sadio Mane was crowned African Player of the Year in Rabat on Thursday for the second time. The Senegal forward first won the honour in 2019 while he was at Liverpool. The 30-year-old left the Premier League club last month after signing a three-year deal with Bayern Munich. "I am really honoured and highly delighted [...]
Seychelles' windsurfing team won for the first time the Mauritius Attitude Challenge (MAC) 2022 held in Pointe d'Esny from July 7-17. Seychelles participated with a team of seven, which included windsurfers and two kite-surfers competing for nine days of slalom races and GPS speed racing. Windsurfer Jean-Marc Gardette took second place in the windsurfing competition [...]
With gang violence racking Haiti's capital, other cities across the island nation face another major issue: a shortage of both fuel and electricity threatens daily life for millions. In addition to their deadly battles in Port-au-Prince, where at least 234 people have been killed or injured in the Cite Soleil neighborhood since early July, Haitian [...]
Sri Lanka's six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in Thursday as president of the crisis-hit South Asian nation, as officials said he was looking to form a unity government to manage the turmoil. The 73-year-old veteran politician, who was overwhelmingly elected as head of state in a parliamentary vote Wednesday, took his oath of [...]
The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, came to Seychelles on a three-day State visit from July 17-19 at the invitation of President Wavel Ramkalawan. SNA looks at four highlights of Kenyatta's visit to the island nation in the western Indian Ocean. 10 bilateral agreements signed Seychelles and Kenya signed 10 bilateral agreements with the [...]
A cultural foundation called 'Fondasyon Kiltirel Seselwa' [Seychellois Cultural Foundation] set up last year is organising a traditional music competition with the aim to promote, develop and protect Seychellois culture. Launched in May, the competition is open to young people from 10 to 25 years old. The songs will be recorded in August and the grand final [...]
Runways melted, people struggled to sleep and the queen's guard used desk fans as they sweltered in heavy ceremonial uniforms as Britain hit record temperatures on Tuesday. Normally chilly and often rainy in the summer, Britain this week baked under a fierce heatwave, triggering an unprecedented extreme heat alert and leaving Britons desperate to cool [...]
Six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as crisis-wracked Sri Lanka's new president by the country's parliament Wednesday, with the backing of the party of the ex-leader -- who fled abroad after his palace was stormed by protesters. Official results showed Wickremesinghe polled 134 votes in a three-cornered parliamentary vote, with his main opponent Dullas [...]
Seychelles is seeking to regulate the activities of Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) registered in the island nation with the aim of meeting the standards of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). VASPs are businesses that facilitate the exchange of virtual assets and this includes cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, non-fungible tokens or utility tokens like Filecoin. As part of [...]
