Seychelles embraced the lotus pose, downward facing dog and cobra pose on Friday as hundreds in the country joined the rest of the world to celebrate International Day of Yoga. Yoga is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices originating from ancient India. The Yoga Association of Seychelles together with the Indian High Commission organised [...]
Boris Johnson will face Jeremy Hunt in a run-off to become Britain's next prime minister after a final ballot of MPs on Thursday, with the winner tasked with guiding the country through Brexit. In the fifth ballot of MPs in the governing Conservative Party, former London mayor Johnson won 160 of the 313 votes, while [...]
Facilitating and promoting musical arts education in Seychelles and Africa will be the focus of an international conference to be held in the island nation next month. The 11th edition of the Pan African Society for Musical Arts Education (PASMAE) international conference will take place July 1-5 at the International Conference Centre of Seychelles (ICCS). The society’s [...]
Iran said Thursday it had recovered parts of a US spy drone in its territorial waters, after downing the aircraft in a missile strike slammed by President Donald Trump as a "big mistake." Under pressure to respond to the high-stakes incident in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, where a series of tanker attacks have sent [...]
Since 2016, Seychelles has celebrated the island nation's Constitution of the Third Republic every June 18 in a public holiday called Constitution Day. This year marked the 26th anniversary. In this week’s buzz, SNA presents four patriotic items that help make Seychelles what it is. National anthem The national anthem is ‘Koste Seselwa.’ It was created [...]
Sudan's army ruler Wednesday called on protest leaders to resume talks on the transfer of power without any conditions, as tension between the two sides persists after the bloody dispersal of demonstrators. Dozens of protesters were killed and hundreds wounded on June 3 when a weeks-long protest camp was violently dispersed by gunmen in military [...]
Seychelles will receive $22 million in financial assistance for several projects, including a new previously announced technical and vocational school, through a grant from the government of China through a new agreement signed on Wednesday. The agreement, which was signed between the Seychelles’ Vice-President, Vincent Meriton, and the Chinese ambassador to the island nation, Guo [...]
Severe heat has left dozens dead over a 24-hour period in India's Bihar state, as the country enters a third week of searing temperatures, officials said Sunday. The deaths occurred in three districts of the poor northern state, where temperatures have hovered around 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in recent days, senior health official Vijay [...]
Two citizens of Seychelles have been awarded the Mandela Washington Fellowship 2019, providing them with the opportunity to sharpen their skills at an American university. The two Seychellois candidates -- Alexandria Faure and Beryl Payet -- were among 16 Seychellois who applied for the fellowship this year. The announcement was made in a ceremony held [...]
The banned ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini was released from custody on Wednesday after hours of questioning in connection with a criminal investigation into the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. The French football legend who led European football's governing body from 2007 to 2015 was held Tuesday by French anti-corruption police investigating alleged [...]
