Seychelles has condemned the early release of 19 convicted pirates who were sentenced in the island nation and transferred to Somalia to complete their sentences, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. Somaliland authorities on Thursday released the convicts, who were sentenced in Seychelles to serve 30, 36 and 42 years in prison for piracy. In 2011, the [...]
The President of Maldives, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, arrived in Seychelles on Friday on his first state visit. Solih was greeted by a delegation led by the Designated Minister, Macsuzy Mondon, upon arrival at the Seychelles International airport at Pointe Larue on the east coast of the main island, Mahe, Friday morning. Shortly afterward, the Maldivian President was welcomed [...]
US President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will hit China with punitive tariffs on another $300 billion in goods, prompting Beijing to warn it was the wrong way to resolve the trade war. The sudden deterioration meant the world's two largest economies have now erected trade barriers covering virtually all of their $660 billion in [...]
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo opposition leader Ossufo Momade on Thursday signed a landmark agreement aimed at formally ending decades of military hostilities, state TV said. The signing took place in the Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique, nearly 27 years after the end of the southern African country's first civil war. The two [...]
The government of Seychelles has issued a treasury bond worth SCR200 million ($14.6 million) to address excess liquidity and to stabilise spending, inflation and foreign currency holdings, the Principal Secretary of Finance said Wednesday. “Bonds are ways for the government to collect money so if we need to finance the budget, we can put out this [...]
The department of culture in Seychelles has asked UNESCO to help protect its cultural properties against illicit trafficking. With this move, the island nation has started to work on a policy to use as a working tool to combat illicit transport, export, and import but is also joining the international community to prevent cross-border trafficking. [...]
Team Seychelles won 110 medals -- including 28 gold -- at the 10th Indian Ocean Island Games which took place in Mauritius from July 19-28. This was a better result than the previous Games in Reunion in 2015 where Seychelles won 97 medals, including 25 gold. SNA looks at the top gold medal winners for Seychelles at [...]
Kenya suffered international embarrassment in 2016 when a string of doping scandals brought the country famed for its distance runners within a whisker of disqualification from the Rio Olympics. "It was a time when Kenya faced an enormous challenge in terms of the very integrity of our sports," said Japhter Rugut, who heads the Anti-Doping [...]
A newly published study shows that a significant population of reef manta rays spends a lot of time in the waters around Seychelles’ remote D’Arros Island and St Joseph Atoll. The study which was published earlier this month after four years of research done by the Switzerland-based conservation group Save Our Seas Foundation emphasises the [...]
An Ebola epidemic raging in eastern DR Congo marks its first year on Thursday in a mood of fear mingled with hope that fresh money and a change of leadership will turn the tide. So far, 1,790 people have died of the dreaded haemorrhagic virus since the first cases were recorded on August 1 last [...]
