The Seychelles Football Federation has confirmed that the 2021/22 league season will start on November 20 after a revision of COVID-19 restrictions which allow for competitive team sports to take place without spectators. "We are happy that this decision has been taken as it will allow us to bring football back after such a long [...]
Seychelles and France will carry out a military exercise called 'Cateau Noir' from September 20-23, said a training officer of the Seychelles People's Defence Forces (SPDF) on Friday. "The Cateau Noir bilateral exercise will feature various units in the SPDF such as Seychelles Air Force, Seychelles Coast Guard and Special Force unit and the French military," [...]
Africa faces a 470 million shortfall in Covid-19 vaccine doses this year after the Covax alliance cut its projected shipments, raising the risk of new and deadly variants, the WHO said on Thursday. Only 17 percent of the continent's population will now be vaccinated by the end of this year, compared with the 40 percent [...]
The Seychelles Sports Fishing Club this Saturday will host a new tournament for its members called the Yellowfin Tuna Cup. The tournament starts at 5 am and ends at 5 pm. Prizes will be awarded immediately after weigh-in results are calculated. The winner of the competition will be the team that catches the heaviest yellowfin [...]
West African leaders on Thursday imposed sanctions on Guinea's coup leaders and called for elections in six months in a demand for a quick return to civilian rule after troops ousted President Alpha Conde this month. The 15-member ECOWAS regional bloc had already suspended Guinea after Conde's ouster on September 5 by a special forces [...]
The Central Bank of Seychelles has confirmed that the Bank Al Habib Limited has submitted a request for the voluntary closure of its branch in the island nation. The Central Bank told SNA on Thursday it has approved the request for the voluntary closure of the bank and will give further information on the matter next week. [...]
COVID-19 will go down in modern history as being the pandemic that forced mankind to adapt to the new normal, including social and physical distancing. With people getting sick and dying from the virus, borders closing, industries slowing down, businesses closing, people losing their livelihoods, one could only see the negative impacts of COVID. Though [...]
US gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols excoriated USA Gymnastics, the US Olympic Committee and the FBI in powerful Senate testimony on Wednesday for failing to take immediate action over sexual abuse allegations against team doctor Larry Nassar. "We have been failed and we deserve answers," said the 24-year-old Biles, a [...]
Europe will seek to boost its own military capacity after the collapse of the US-backed government in Afghanistan, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday, announcing a defence summit. "It is time for Europe to step up to the next level," von der Leyen told the European Parliament, in her annual State of the [...]
A female member of the National Assembly is urging the government to take measures to make menstrual hygiene products for girls and women more accessible to those who cannot afford them. The elected member of the Glacis district in the National Assembly, Regina Esparon, brought the issue forward through a motion that was tabled on [...]
