Suspected militants beheaded over a dozen men and teenagers participating in a male initiation ceremony in Mozambique, local sources said Wednesday, in the latest violent incident in the insurgency-hit northeast. The dismembered bodies of at least five adults and 15 boys were found on Monday, scattered across a forest clearing in Muidumbe district. Islamist militants [...]
Air Seychelles has resumed passenger services to Johannesburg, South Africa and will fly to Tel Aviv, Israel beginning on Monday, said a top official of the airline. The airline's first flight to Joburg was on Saturday, November 7, and the company's chief executive, Remco Althuis, said that the flights will take place weekly until December [...]
G20 nations are expected to agree Friday on a framework that should unlock restructuring of official debt of dozens of poor countries ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a French finance ministry source. G20 nations last month agreed a six-month extension to a debt suspension initiative, but there have been growing calls to go [...]
All travellers coming to Seychelles will have to take a COVID-19 PCR test on the sixth day after their arrival as part of reinforced measures in response to the acceleration of the outbreak in several parts of the world. Jude Gedeon, the Public Health Commissioner, told a press conference on Thursday that this decision was [...]
Since Seychelles became independent from Britain, the island nation has seen five presidents at the helm of the executive branch of the island nation, with the most recent election in October bringing Wavel Ramkalawan into power. SNA brings you short biographies of the nation's five presidents. James Mancham Mancham was the first president of [...]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday warned of a second coronavirus wave following a surge of infections in a southern province in the continent's worst-affected country. The Eastern Cape province recorded a 50 percent jump in coronavirus cases over the past week, Ramaphosa said. "What we are witnessing in the Eastern Cape should be [...]
Nearly three dozen "blue" projects worth a combined $1.4 millions have been financed under Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT) Blue Grant over the last five years. The 34 projects which emphasised investment in women and youth in the Blue Economy are women and youth-led, have young people and women as beneficiaries and are [...]
Ethiopia's air force said Wednesday it had bombed arms and fuel depots in the northern region of Tigray, as an escalation in fighting prompted thousands more people to seek refuge in neighbouring Sudan. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops and warplanes into the federal state of Tigray last week after a months-long feud with its [...]
President Wavel Ramkalawan of Seychelles has sent a message of congratulation to the newly elected leaders of the United States, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. "I am confident that your distinguished leadership along with the trust bestowed in you by the American people will [...]
For the second consecutive year, Seychelles has been recognised for its efforts in promoting sustainable tourism from the World Travel Awards. Seychelles was named the 'Indian Ocean's Leading Sustainable Tourism Destination 2020' when the awards were announced on Tuesday. Air Seychelles, the island nation's airline, also won several awards. Established in 1993, the awards recognise [...]
