Kenya and Somalia have agreed to "normalise" relations and start reissuing travel visas to each other's citizens after a long-running dispute over marine borders strained ties between the neighbours. The agreement, announced by Kenya's presidency late Thursday, followed a meeting in Nairobi between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somali counterpart, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. The East [...]
Bolivia's interim president Jeanine Anez on Thursday ruled out exiled leader Evo Morales from standing in new elections as thousands of demonstrators marched through La Paz in support of the socialist icon and against the new, acting leader. Columns of people streamed into the seat of government La Paz from the neighboring town of El [...]
Authorities in Seychelles will take steps to prevent people without a permit from renting out material for beach-goers like umbrellas and sun loungers, said a top official. The Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Port and Marine, Didier Dogley, told SNA on Tuesday that this step will be taken as the concerned authorities have observed that the situation [...]
The government of Seychelles is seeking a bank guarantee to help Air Seychelles, the national airline, to pay off its debt more than $30 million to Etihad, a government official said Thursday. Under the agreement, the debt from 2018 will be converted into non-voting preference shares, which in turn are secured by a guarantee by Barclays [...]
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday introduced a second vaccine to fight a 15-month-old epidemic of Ebola in the east of the country, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said. The new vaccine, produced by a Belgian subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, will be administered to about 50,000 people over four months, the charity said. More [...]
Seychelles is gearing up for the second edition of the Seychelles Fashion Week in which collections will be presented from a record 25 designers from over 10 countries. The Seychelles Fashion Week will take place from November 28 to December 1. SNA presents eight more designers from Africa who will be showcasing their creations on the catwalk. [...]
Much of Venice was under water on Wednesday night after the highest tide in 50 years ripped through the historic Italian city, beaching gondolas, trashing hotels and sending tourists fleeing through rapidly rising waters. The government in Rome was expected to declare a state of emergency at a cabinet meeting on Thursday after Prime Minister [...]
Mauritius's incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth was sworn in for a five-year term on Tuesday after elections in which his coalition consolidated its grip on parliament. Jugnauth, 57, took over from his father in 2017 without going through a vote, and the decisive victory of his centre-right Morisian Alliance in the November 7 elections has [...]
The importance of the oceans in the lives of humans and why they need protecting were some of the main points of discussion during a two-day conference in Seychelles. Titled ‘From Ocean to Health’, the conference sought to create awareness about the ocean and getting people to appreciate the benefits and riches it brings to [...]
The Seychelles’ Magistrates Court has remanded for 14 days a Tanzanian national arrested on suspicion of importation of a controlled drug, the Anti-Narcotics Bureau (ANB) said on Wednesday. The 28-year-old Tanzanian businessman was arrested on Monday, a day after his arrival on an Air Seychelles flight from Johannesburg by ANB officers in collaboration with customs officers, the [...]
