Belgian prosecutors urged a court Friday to impose a 30-year jail term on a former Rwandan official convicted of genocide for his part in his country's 1994 massacres. Fabien Neretse, a 71-year-old agricultural engineer, was arrested in France in 2011 and was found guilty of genocide and war crimes on Thursday after a trial in [...]
The Seychelles' Minister of Health, Jean-Paul Adam, will be leaving the Cabinet at the end of January to take up a new role at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, (UNECA) State House said on Friday. Adam will be taking up the post of director for climate change, environment and sustainable development at the [...]
The Seychelles' Department of Environment has observed a drastic increase in sea turtle poaching and has therefore increased its monitoring and surveillance efforts, said a top official. The department's director of conservation, Ashley Dias, told SNA on Thursday that the nesting season has barely started and the authorities have recorded 14 cases of poaching compared [...]
Establishment insider Abdelmadjid Tebboune was sworn in Thursday as Algeria's new president, a week after winning elections marred by mass protests and record abstention. He succeeds veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was forced out in April in the face of huge demonstrations after two decades in office. Tebboune must now address the grievances of the [...]
Seychelles and China are discussing the possibility for the island nation to host an international centre to focus on science and cooperation with a focus on the Blue Economy, said a high state official. Vice President Vincent Meriton confirmed to SNA that the proposal is being discussed following bilateral discussions with the State Councillor of [...]
The island nation bid farewell to a man who has been credited with having promoted and defended Seychelles’ heritage and taking action for its conservation. Marcel Rosalie, a former director-general for the culture department, a writer and poet, was laid to rest on Thursday at the Mont Fleuri cemetery. Rosalie 57, passed away last [...]
A state of emergency was declared in Australia's most populated region on Thursday as an unprecedented heatwave fanned out-of-control bushfires, destroying homes and smothering huge areas with a toxic smoke. As thousands of firefighters battled blazes, temperatures neared 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) in some places and authorities warned the extreme weather conditions could [...]
Christmas is the most joyful time of the year for many — a time to be merry and a time to share with loved ones. Whether on the islands or elsewhere in the world, Christmas brings people together with wishes for peace and blessings. Here are seven things you need in Seychelles – 115 islands [...]
Donald Trump likes a fight and he likes a show and Wednesday -- with impeachment voted right at the moment he was addressing a campaign rally hundreds of miles away in Michigan -- he got both things on steroids. By a twist of fate, a long planned Trump rally in the small city of Battle [...]
The Seychelles’ Civil Status department has launched a new comprehensive system to better collect and manage information and data relating to the population of the island nation. The new system -- National Population Database Information System -- which is already operational, has been set up in collaboration with the Department of Information and Communication Technology [...]
