The race is on in Seychelles to bring home a first Olympic medal. Whatever the colour, a government-backed initiative was launched this month to prepare athletes of the island nation for the Paris Olympics and beyond. The initiative is aimed at identifying talent and then supporting athletes with training and international exposure at high-level competitions, [...]
Seychelles' Port Victoria on Thursday welcomed its first cruise ship in 18 months with the arrival of visitors from France aboard Le Bellot. The vessel was welcomed in a special ceremony held at the new port. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde, said the return of cruise ships after a long pause [...]
German leaders were debating Thursday plans to impose tougher curbs on the unvaccinated, but a political row threatened to torpedo the country's bid to fight a ferocious wave of the coronavirus pandemic. New infections over the last 24 hours soared to another record of 65,371, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) showed, part of [...]
Top diplomats from the African Union and United States returned to Ethiopia Thursday as part of a ramped-up push to broker a ceasefire in the country's north, the foreign ministry said. "They came today. Both of them," ministry spokesman Dina Mufti said, referring to Olusegun Obasanjo, the AU's special envoy for the Horn of Africa, [...]
The Seychelles Bankers Association is advising people to be more careful about who they share their bank details with after a number of clients fell victim to fraudulent transactions. The chairman of the Association, Phillip Moustache, told SNA that "one of the main issues we have seen is with regards to unsecured online shopping sites." [...]
The public needs to be more responsible for their actions and respect the measures in place to stop the resurgence in COVID-19 cases observed in the past two weeks, said a top health official on Wednesday. Public health authorities announced no new changes to the health measures in place in the island nation. The Public [...]
Poland warned on Wednesday that the crisis on the Belarusian border could last for months or even years, a day after Polish forces used tear gas and water cannon to deter stone-throwing migrants. Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said there had been further attempts at crossing the border during the night, in the latest escalation [...]
India's capital has shut down its schools until further notice due to dangerous levels of air pollution, while residents of Lahore in neighbouring Pakistan have pleaded with officials to take action over the acrid smog engulfing the region. Air quality has worsened across northern India and adjacent parts of Pakistan in recent years, as industrial [...]
The eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be held on November 29 and 30 in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, the African co-chair of FOCAC. With the theme of "Deepen China-Africa Partnership and Promote Sustainable Development to Build a China-Africa Community with a Shared Future in the New Era", the [...]
The United Nations will soon open a liaison office in Seychelles to boost relations and cooperation with the island nation, the U.N. resident coordinator said Tuesday. The coordinator, Christine Umutoni, met with President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House on Tuesday morning. "During my stay here, we will be opening the liaison office where will be [...]
