World leaders committed Sunday to ending all foreign meddling in Libya's war and to uphold a weapons embargo at a Berlin summit, as part of a broader plan to end the spiralling conflict. The presidents of Russia, Turkey and France were among global chiefs signing up to the plan to stop interfering in the war [...]
A German artist who has been visiting Seychelles since 1996 is showcasing a collection of 80 canvases in an exhibition called 'In Sinus'. Birgitt Lubkemann, or Madam Waye Hive as she is known on La Digue, Seychelles' third-most populated island, spent two years preparing for her solo exhibition which opened on Saturday at the Eden [...]
China reported 17 new cases of the mysterious SARS-like virus on Sunday, including three in a severe condition, heightening fears ahead of China's Lunar New Year holiday when hundreds of millions of people move around the country. The new coronavirus strain has caused alarm because of its connection to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, which killed [...]
Roughly 45 million people in southern Africa are in urgent need of food aid as a result of drought, flooding and economic hardship, the UN said Thursday. "This hunger crisis is on a scale we’ve not seen before and the evidence shows it’s going to get worse," World Food Programme (WFP) regional director Lola Castro [...]
The Miss Seychelles beauty pageant is back this year and the new organisers are planning the event for June. The contest is expected to be held every two years to allow winners to be more involved in communities and charitable activities. Stephanie Duval of the newly formed organisation Beauty Empowerment Seychelles (BES) told SNA on [...]
Limited access to land, technical support to farmers and becoming self-sufficient remain Seychelles' greatest challenges in the agricultural sector, said the outgoing Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) representative. Patrice Talla Takoukam spoke after a farewell visit to President Danny Faure at State House on Friday "Seychelles being a small country has many challenges when it comes [...]
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in Abu Dhabi, the world’s first graduate-level, research-based AI university, will "help and benefit small countries," Danny Faure, the President of Seychelles, told Emirates News Agency, WAM. "I am impressed by the UAE’s initiative to establish a university of Artificial Intelligence in Abu Dhabi, which will bring together [...]
China's economy grew last year at its slowest pace in three decades, hit by weak domestic demand and trade tensions, but while officials warned of further headwinds, separate figures Friday suggest the downward trend is bottoming out. The 6.1 percent rate is a sharp drop from the 6.6 percent the year before and marks the [...]
The Colombo International Nautical and Engineering College (CINEC) will continue to manage Seychelles Maritime Academy (SMA) following the renewal of an agreement on Tuesday. The third three-year agreement was signed by the Minister for Education and Human Resource Development, Jeanne Simeon, and the president of CINEC, Captain Ajith Peiris at the Ministry's headquarters. The two [...]
Asian markets fluctuated Thursday as details were released of the China-US trade deal signed in Washington, with analysts saying it would allow investors to turn their focus to the global outlook and earnings season. After years of painstaking on-off talks between the economic superpowers, US President Donald Trump finally put pen to paper on an [...]
