Easter, also referred to as the Feast of Resurrection, is among the most important days of the year for Christians, as they commemorate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead three days after his death from crucifixion. In Seychelles – 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean, where more than 80 per cent of the [...]
Eggs on the table and a toy rabbit on the dresser -- with a few decorations, Palestinian Christian Sawsan Bitar attempts to salvage some normality from an Easter overshadowed by coronavirus. In the Christian quarter of Jerusalem's Old City that Bitar calls home, roads are deserted and most shops have been closed for two weeks. [...]
After weeks of disagreement -- especially between the United States and China -- the UN Security Council will meet Thursday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic for the first time. Led by Germany, nine of the council's 10 non-permanent members requested the closed-door meeting -- a video conference to maintain social distancing -- last week, fed [...]
Citizens and businesses have diverse views on the shut down of non-essential services in Seychelles for 21 days from Thursday to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Despite strict restrictions on the movement of people, the capital Victoria still had many circulating on Thursday, when SNA took to the streets to get the views of people and [...]
The public must respect the prohibition orders put in place in Seychelles to break the chain of transmission of COVID-19, a health official said Thursday, while police officers are set to increase checkpoints to ensure stay-at-home orders are followed. "The prohibition order is for the public and we are asking them to respect it. If [...]
The Riyadh-led military coalition fighting Yemen's Huthi rebels has declared a two-week ceasefire in the country starting Thursday in a bid to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The unilateral ceasefire follows an escalation in fighting between the warring parties despite a call by the United Nations for an immediate cessation to protect civilians [...]
A Senegal judge has granted Chad's former dictator Hissene Habre two months' leave from prison, where he is serving life for crimes against humanity, as the jail is being used to hold new detainees in coronavirus quarantine. Habre, who ruled Chad from 1982 to 1990, was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at [...]
The leaders in the National Assembly gave their responses on Wednesday to the presentation of the amended budget by the Minister of Finance. The Leader of the Opposition, Wavel Ramkalawan, said that with each passing day "we realise a bit more the enormity that this crisis has put our country and the world in." He [...]
The Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) has disbursed $10 million out of the country's international reserves of $591 million to assist the domestic market. The governor of the bank Caroline Abel told a press conference on Wednesday that the decision was taken because of a notable reduction in foreign exchange inflows due to the [...]
Seychelles on Wednesday at midnight will shut down non-essential services and restrict the movements of people for 21 days to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a top health official said on Tuesday. The new strict measures -- in line with prevention efforts seen around the world -- came after a 26-year-old Seychellois man who works [...]
