Sixty young people in Seychelles will be equipped with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to take on local climate action-related causes in their communities in a new initiative. Dubbed the Environmental Youth Leadership Programme (EYLP), the 18-month programme is being undertaken by the Global Shapers Victoria Hub and is funded by a grant from the [...]
Lovers of Chinese cuisine in Seychelles are this week mourning the loss of Francois Dang Kong, who is credited as having had the best Chinese restaurant and takeaway – with the best pork noodles - in the island nation. Dang Kong, who was also known as Kow, passed away last week at age 85. He [...]
The WHO said Friday that Japan was doing its best to minimise the risk of Covid-19 spreading during the Tokyo Olympics but stressed there was no such thing as zero risk. The World Health Organization's warning came as Japan extended a virus state of emergency in Tokyo and expanded the measure to four more regions [...]
Johan Kruger, UNODC's head of Transnational Organized Crime, Illicit Trafficking & Terrorism Programmes for Eastern Africa, was enlisted by the government to help strengthen the coordination between partners in the criminal justice system on matters of trafficking in persons. SNA met with Kruger to learn more about his assistance to help Seychelles in its effort [...]
The Waterfront Café in Seychelles is organising a fundraising activity for well-known local artist Jahrimba on Friday July 30 starting at 6.30 pm. The owner of the Café, Jenny Couch, told SNA that a special combo will be added to the menu and that there will be a raffle draw and light entertainment in view [...]
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund has approved $105 million under the Extended Fund Facility for Seychelles with an immediate disbursement of $34.26 million. In a press statement on Thursday, the IMF stated that "the key objective of the proposed programme is to support the authorities' efforts to restore macroeconomic stability and debt [...]
A former Chief Justice of Seychelles received a Franco-German human rights award on Friday in recognition of her work towards the defence of victims of sexual abuse, especially minors. Mathilda Twomey said she would use the prize and her platform to continue to champion the rights of the most vulnerable persons in society The Franco-German human [...]
France's Indian Ocean territory of La Reunion will go into a partial lockdown due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, as Britain said the island was behind tight restrictions on travel from France. There is growing concern among officials in Paris over the infection rates in France's overseas territories in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and [...]
Hundreds of thousands of people in China were in coronavirus lockdown Friday as the country battled its worst outbreak in months, while the United States intensified vaccination efforts in the face of a Delta variant-fuelled surge. The World Health Organization has warned that the highly transmissible strain, first detected in India, could unleash more Covid-19 [...]
Lieutenant Colonel Jean Attala on Thursday became the Commander of the Seychelles Coast Guard (SCG) after receiving his letter of appointment from President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House. Attala, who joined the Seychelles People's Defence Forces (SPDF) in 1991, has been the acting Commander of the Coast Guard since January this year when Colonel Simon Dine [...]
