Eight Malagasy nationals arrested on Sunday on suspicion of illegal fishing in the Seychelles’ waters are being remanded until May 7th, the police said on Thursday. Officers of the Seychelles Coast Guard and the Anti-Narcotics Bureau intercepted the fishing boat "SHANGRILA" and arrested the captain and seven crew members, the police said. The arrest was made on Sunday in Cosmoledo [...]
In a decision being called “devastating” for Seychelles, a new European Parliamentary decision could upgrade Europe’s fishing fleet, threatening the island nation’s fisheries sector, experts said. According to the Undercurrent News Service, “The European Parliament, in a plenary vote on April 4, has affirmed a proposal to re-introduce fishing subsidies in the post-2020 fund in the European [...]
As mass protests rock other Arab countries, a snap referendum in Egypt has gone against the grain and cemented President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's rule for years to come. The three-day ballot saw constitutional changes sail through that allow the former military chief to stay in power until 2030, boost his control over the judiciary and [...]
A powerful cyclone was set to make landfall in northern Mozambique Thursday, barely a month after a super-storm slammed into the country's centre, leaving hundreds dead and causing devastation. As Cyclone Kenneth barrelled towards to the northeastern coast after swiping the Comoros, the UN warned of flash flooding and landslides. Dozens of schools were closed [...]
From the inauguration of the island nation’s own little Big Ben to the elevation of the Anglican Church to a cathedral, to the suspicious death of a Catholic priest -- all these happenings are events which happened in April. SNA presents a Buzz highlighting some of these historical facts which occurred in Seychelles – a group [...]
Officers from the employment department are going door-to-door in Seychelles to meet with people who are not working in order to help them find employment. The program has been credited with helping lower the unemployment rate to 2.1 percent for 2018. The director general for employment promotion, in the Ministry for Employment, Immigration and Civil [...]
Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, head of the internationally-recognised government in Tripoli, angrily denounced France on Wednesday for supporting rival Khalifa Haftar, underlining the growing diplomatic tensions over the recent fighting there. Speaking to French daily Liberation, Sarraj denounced Paris for backing a "dictator," in his harshest criticism yet of French diplomacy. France has long [...]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he was looking forward to his first talks with President Vladimir Putin as he arrived in Russia on Wednesday seeking support in Pyongyang's nuclear deadlock with the United States. Kim's armoured train rolled in to the Tsarist-era station in Russia's Pacific port city of Vladivostok, where the summit [...]
The final feasibility report and detailed design of a new dam to be built in Grand Anse Mahe, a western Mahe district, is expected to be ready in January next year, said a project officer. An Italian-based company, Studio Pietrangeli, specialising in dam and hydropower engineering and design has been conducting a comprehensive feasibility study [...]
Seychelles Air Force pilots have received initial training to operate drones that will be used to monitor illegal fishing activities in the waters of the island nation. Improved surveillance and lower costs could be the result of the new initiative. Surveillance of fisheries activity will be done through project ‘FishGuard’ with the cooperation of the [...]
