Britain on Wednesday became the first western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, while Japan and Italy pledged free inoculations for all even as the global death toll rose towards 1.5 million. The news came as the UN convenes a special two-day summit on the pandemic Thursday, with European leaders such as [...]
Seychelles hasn't been paid some $28 million in taxes it was owed as of 2018, a new report from the Auditor General shows. The money which was not collected by the Seychelles Revenue Commission will very likely not be collected due to the passage of time, Gamini told journalists Wednesday at the launch of [...]
For the first time since 2017, a beauty pageant will be held in Seychelles, 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean. The organisation Beauty Empowerment Seychelles is hosting a new contest, Miss Seychelles National Pageant. With days to go before the new Miss Seychelles is crowned on December 7, SNA is profiling the 11 contestants [...]
An infection prevention and control team of the Seychelles Health Care Agency is investigating whether there was a breach of standard operating procedures after two frontline healthcare workers tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. The two healthcare workers are among nine new cases detected, bringing the total active cases to 11 in the island nation. [...]
A series of training sessions on Facebook was organised recently to support the development of the e-commerce sector in Seychelles with the support of the United States Embassy for Mauritius and Seychelles. Theresa Carrington, an e-commerce expert, was one of the presenters who provided individual virtual training and support for 10 Seychellois women entrepreneurs. Carrington [...]
Some 3,000 people began returning to their homes and deserted farms in the northeast Nigerian state of Borno on Monday, six years after fleeing jihadist violence and despite a weekend massacre that underscored the security risks they still face. And adding to their troubles, officials there warned of a looming food crisis, caused at least [...]
HIV/AIDS cases in Seychelles are becoming more common among the youth, said a top health official on Tuesday at a workshop to coincide with the World AIDS Day commemorated every year on December 1. Anne Gabriel, the chief executive of the National AIDS Council, said that the organisation has noticed a rise in cases and [...]
Absa Bank Seychelles on Monday launched a digital assistant that helps customers conduct their banking needs through WhatsApp. A chatbot allows users to check their account balances, make payments to existing beneficiaries, pay bills, check their transaction history and search for transactions, make inter-account transfers and in the case of credit card account owners, review [...]
For the first time since 2017, a beauty pageant will be held in Seychelles, 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean. The organisation Beauty Empowerment Seychelles is hosting a new contest, Miss Seychelles National Pageant. With days to go before the new Miss Seychelles is crowned on December 7, SNA is profiling the 11 contestants [...]
Suspected militants attacked several Malian and foreign military bases with mortars and rockets in the north of the country on Monday, military sources said. No casualties were immediately reported in the attacks on Menaka, Gao and Kidal in what appeared to be a rare attempt at a coordinated assault on foreign forces operating in the [...]
