Sanitary products will be made available free of charge to all girls in Seychelles in both state and private secondary schools as of the new school year in January 2022. This move by the government follows a motion in the National Assembly calling on the government to start looking into making monthly hygiene and sanitary [...]
The resignation of Sudan's prime minister leaves the military in full command and threatens a return to the repressive policies of the regime of ousted strongman Omar al-Bashir, analysts say. After months of street protests and violent crackdowns that have claimed at least 57 lives, observers fear more bloodshed ahead after premier Abdalla Hamdok stepped [...]
2021 brought a second consecutive year of COVID-19 challenges, but a vaccination programme that started early in the year allowed the country to reopen its borders and relaunch its economy. As the world readies its charge into 2022, SNA looks back at its five most-read articles of 2021. The entire SNA team thanks all of [...]
A massive fire in South Africa's houses of parliament in Cape Town has completely destroyed the National Assembly where parliamentarians sit, a spokesman said on Sunday as the blaze continued to rage. "The entire chamber where the members sit... has burned down," Moloto Mothapo said, adding that the blaze had still not been extinguished. No [...]
Seychellois artist Jean-Marc Volcy built his career on promoting the traditional music of Seychelles among which is the Moutya, which was added to UNESCO's list of intangible heritage in November. Volcy was among a group of artists working towards obtaining international recognition for the island nation's traditional music. SNA met with Volcy now that Moutya [...]
Pope Francis urged the world to "roll up our sleeves" for peace in a New Year's message Saturday, while calling violence against women an affront to God. Marking the 55th World Day of Peace, the head of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics devoted his Angelus address to encouraging a stop to violence around the world, [...]
A new year means new resolutions, but amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it also means the possibility of another tough year ahead for Seychelles and the world. Due to the current restrictions in place, for a second consecutive year there will be no street party in Victoria, the capital of Seychelles, an archipelago in the western [...]
As the world embraces the New Year, there is much that each individual can drive to make happen, and it is in this spirit that President Wavel Ramkalawan invited all people of Seychelles to approach 2022. Ramkalawan on Friday wished all Seychellois and their loved ones a Happy New Year. "Despite the challenges and hardships, [...]
South Africa, where the Omicron variant was detected last month, says its latest coronavirus wave has peaked without a surge in deaths or hospitalisations, enabling the country to lift a nightly curfew for the first time in 21 months. The Omicron variant emerged in November to become pandemic's dominant variant, driving new cases at a [...]
The world began ushering in 2022 on Friday after another tumultuous and pandemic-ridden year capped by new restrictions, soaring case numbers, and a slight glimmer of hope for better times ahead. The past 12 months saw a new US president and a new Adele album, the first spectator-free Olympics, and dreams of democracy from Afghanistan [...]
