The United States and China exchanged blows Friday as each side increased punitive tariffs on the other, intensifying a trade war that is threatening to engulf the global economy. In a rapid back-and-forth, Beijing took action against $75 billion in American goods in response to US tariffs announced August 1, and President Donald Trump lashed [...]
The United Kingdom (UK) is looking forward to working with Seychelles on the Blue Economy and strengthening existing relations, said the newly accredited High Commissioner. Patrick Lynch, the British High Commissioner to Seychelles, made this statement after presenting his credentials to President Danny Faure on Friday at State House. Discussions touched upon areas that the two countries are [...]
President Danny Faure held his third live presidential conference on Thursday evening at State House, where journalists from eleven media houses questioned him on a number of issues. SNA presents an overview of some of the issues raised. Government’s plan to ensure constant power supply to La Digue Faure said that following a fault over a [...]
Somalia's southern state of Jubaland is under lockdown ahead of a tense election Thursday which has pitted regional authorities against Mogadishu and sparked tensions with neighbouring Kenya and Ethiopia. The highly contested election in the semi-autonomous state has been postponed several times as a result of what observers say is a power struggle between Mogadishu, [...]
Two of Seychelles’ football teams will play their return matches in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) club competition at home this weekend. In the Total African champions league preliminary round, Praslin-based Cote d’Or club will face FC Fomboni from the Comoros on Friday at 4 p.m. at Stad Linite. In the away match two weeks ago, [...]
Paris and the United Nations called Thursday for the protection of the fire-plagued Amazon rainforest as Brazil's right-wing president accused his French counterpart of having a "colonialist mentality" over the issue. Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year -- the highest number for [...]
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the incorporation of the extended continental shelf of the Northern plateau region under the Seychelles’ jurisdiction. The Seychelles’ territorial waters were extended by over 14,800 square kilometres, a territory about 92 times the size of the main of Mahe, by a UN Body in 2018. The special advisor for [...]
Swimmer Felicity Passon has won the first gold medal for Seychelles on the first day of the swimming competition at the African Games taking place in Morocco. Passon clocked 2 minutes 14.55 seconds to win the final of the ladies 200 metres backstroke on Wednesday. The winner of seven gold medals for Seychelles, an archipelago in [...]
Amid growing calls for an outright ban, the European Union has come under increasing pressure to help protect African elephants by ending the trade of ivory within its borders. Poaching has decimated the world elephant population, which slumped in Africa from several million at the turn of the 19th century to around 400,000 in 2015. [...]
A book launched in Seychelles recently gave recognition to the rich contributions made by Seychellois writers to Creole literature in the form of poetry, storytelling, novels, and drama. "Seychellois Writers: A Biographical Sketch," by Guinean-born Diallo Addourahamane, is also giving value to the Creole language as well as the rich cultural heritage of the [...]
