Seychelles has revised its advisory that restricted travel from seven southern African countries, introduced on November 27, to curb the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 as it is now widespread around the world and has also been detected in the small island nation. From January 6, travellers from South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, [...]
Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic won a temporary reprieve in his deportation from Australia on Thursday, but is set to spend the night in an immigration detention facility as he fights to remain in the country. The vaccine-sceptic Serb was detained at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport having failed to "provide appropriate evidence" of double vaccination, [...]
A new alcohol made from the pulp of Seychelles' exotic coco de mer -- the world's biggest nut -- is expected to hit the market this year. The man behind the product, Wilson Nancy, a local businessman Wilson Nancy, told SNA that at the moment he doesn't want to reveal the type of alcoholic beverage [...]
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday faced anger from opponents and chaos in parliament after warning French people not yet vaccinated against Covid-19 that they would be squeezed out of key aspects of life. Macron, who has not yet formally declared his candidacy for re-election in April, came under fire from challengers already in the race, [...]
After overcoming fears of postponement because of the Covid pandemic, the Africa Cup of Nations now faces its next big worry: security. Host nation Cameroon will ceremonially launch the month-long tournament on Sunday when they face Burkina Faso. But the authorities are struggling with separatist gunmen in the west and jihadist raiders in the north [...]
Mobile users in Seychelles are now being charged for the exact duration of their local mobile calls through the per second billing regulation that came into force on January 1, which is aimed at lowering the cost of calls. The regulation, which falls under the Broadcasting and Telecommunication Act 2000, requires every licensed operator of [...]
A newly opened alcohol testing facility in Seychelles is set to help the government properly collect tax on alcoholic beverages, said a top official. The gas chromatograph (GC) room was opened recently at the Seychelles Bureau of Standards at Providence on the eastern coast of Mahe, the main island. It was purchased through funding made available [...]
India's capital New Delhi will lock down over the weekend as authorities grapple with a fresh surge in coronavirus cases, partly fuelled by the fast-spreading Omicron variant. The country was battered by a devastating Covid outbreak last year that overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums, but daily case numbers had since then stayed reasonably low until last [...]
Airtel Seychelles is welcoming local and international companies to make use of its state-of-the-art data storage facility recently opened at Perseverance. The new data centre follows the company's mission to provide globally admired technologies and services to give Africa an easy and dependable way to connect to the world. The tier-three data centre has been built with the [...]
A fire that devastated South Africa's parliament was finally contained on Tuesday after a two-day battle, firefighters said, as a man appeared in court to face charges of starting the blaze. Flames broke out in the Cape Town complex before dawn on Sunday, spreading to the National Assembly, whose roof collapsed, and threatening national treasures [...]
