The French authorities have offered to carry out DNA analysis in a case involving a Frenchman charged by the Seychelles Supreme court for the murder of his girlfriend in May. The 34-year-old French national was charged with murder of his 32-year-old girlfriend who was found hanged on April 27 in Club Med Hotel Seychelles on [...]
The Covid-19 pandemic continued to surge around the world this week, especially in the United States and the Middle East. Here is the global state of play according to a specialised AFP database. - Delta drives 10% rise - The average number of new daily cases globally increased by 10 percent over the week to [...]
Afghan forces battled Monday to stop a first major city from falling to the Taliban as the United States and Britain accused the insurgents of "massacring civilians" in a town they recently captured near the Pakistan border. Taliban fighters assaulted at least three provincial capitals overnight -- Lashkar Gah, Kandahar and Herat -- after a [...]
With the aim of winning a first-ever Olympic medal in 2028, the Seychelles National Sports Council (NSC) is restructuring its high level sports programme and setting up a talent identification section. The chief executive of the NSC, Jean Larue, told reporters on Thursday that at the moment "we have 24 athletes on the high level [...]
South Sudan on Monday swore in hundreds of lawmakers to a newly created national parliament, a long overdue condition of a fragile peace deal that ended civil war in the young country. In all, 588 MPs -- a mix of delegates from the ruling party and former rebel factions who signed the truce -- took [...]
Madagascar on Sunday announced the arrest of five generals as well as high-ranking police officers in connection with a failed attempt to assassinate President Andry Rajoelina, the attorney general said. "To date, 21 people have been arrested and investigated," Berthine Razafiarivony told a news briefing. Six people, including two French citizens, were initially arrested on [...]
Air Seychelles will resume scheduled passenger flights to Mauritius starting October 3, the airline said on Monday. The Seychelles' national carrier suspended flights to Mauritius in March last year in view of restrictions imposed by the Mauritian government amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The resumption of passenger flight follows the announcement of the full reopening of [...]
A Seychellois-owned cargo service, Euro African Star Transport (EAST), has begun exporting fish to African markets as part of its efforts to diversify Seychelles' exports. The owner of EAST cargo, Carol Nalletamby, told SNA her company will be exporting fish to Nigeria and Uganda via Ethiopian Airlines where there are five-star hotels willing to buy [...]
A Seychellois-owned cargo service, Euro African Star Transport (EAST), has begun exporting fish to African markets as part of its efforts to diversify Seychelles' exports. The owner of EAST cargo, Carol Nalletamby, told SNA her company will be exporting fish to Ethiopia and Uganda via Ethiopian Airlines where there are five-star hotels willing to buy the [...]
Dozens of villages were evacuated in tourist hotspots in southern Turkey on Sunday as wildfires that have claimed six lives raged for the fifth day, while Greece, Italy and Spain were also hit by blazes. Fanned by soaring temperatures, strong winds and climate change -- which experts say increases both the frequency and intensity of [...]
