A scientist from Oxford University is expected to start a mapping exercise in Seychelles next year in areas containing seagrass meadows as part of a project to collect data on their carbon uptake capacity. The local consultant for the project, Jeanne Mortimer, told SNA that the "scientist will reach Seychelles in February and will first [...]
Democrat Joe Biden urged unity Saturday and promised "a new day for America" in his first national address since he won the tense US election and ended the historically turbulent and divisive era of Donald Trump. After jogging onto the outdoor stage to the sounds of Bruce Springsteen in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, Biden [...]
About 150 people have died or remain unaccounted for in Guatemala due to mudslides caused by powerful storm Eta, which devastated an indigenous village in the country's north, President Alejandro Giammattei said Friday. The toll is in addition to the approximately two dozen people who died elsewhere in Central America since Eta made landfall in [...]
After several years without one, the political tides that have swept over Seychelles bring the island nation a new First Lady, one who says she will seek to favour children and education in her new role. Linda Ramkalawan, 57, has been married to the newly elected President Wavel Ramkalawan for 35 years and together they [...]
A task force set up to deal with COVID-19 in Seychelles is discussing a new strategy in response to the increasing cases in the island nation's main tourism markets in Europe, said a top health official. The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, told a press conference on Thursday that "the outbreak is expanding in most [...]
Libyan politicians from the war-ravaged North African nation's rival administrations met for the latest round of peace talks in Morocco on Thursday. The lawmakers met in the coastal town of Bouznika, south of Morocco's capital Rabat, for talks that come ahead of a major meeting in Tunisia slated for November 9. The talks follow a [...]
Seychelles' new minister for transport has said that he is impressed with the plans by the Seychelles Ports Authority for infrastructure development as well as the authority's ability to self-finance significant projects. Antony Derjacques visited the island nation's main port, Port Victoria, on Thursday. Derjacques, who took office on Tuesday, said that he will be [...]
The outcome of the US presidential election remained in the balance late Thursday as a handful of battleground states complete their vote counts. Democrat Joe Biden has racked up at least 253 of the 270 electoral votes that he needs, according to US network projections -- and 264 if Arizona is included, which Fox News [...]
In need of both blood and more donors, the National Institute of Health and Social Studies (NIHSS) conducted a blood drive Thursday to help boost the country's depleted blood bank. Around 26 persons which included students from the institute, together with a few of their parents and friends, showed up to take part in the [...]
A leadership programme in politics tailored specifically for women in Seychelles could be a way to boost the role of women in political leadership positions in the island nation, political and civil experts said following a national election that saw mostly men fill the seats of power. Women hold barely a quarter of the positions [...]
