Seychellois lawyer and politician Alexia Amesbury is aiming for a post on the soon to be set-up Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Committee. Amesbury, 67, was the first Seychellois woman to contest a presidential election in Seychelles in 2015 after setting up the Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy (SPSD). She later joined the [...]
British Prime Minister Theresa May scrambled to put together a new Brexit strategy after MPs rejected her EU divorce deal, and insisted she could not rule out a potentially damaging "no-deal" split. The world's fifth-largest economy is in political turmoil and grasping for solutions that could smooth its planned departure from the bloc after 46 [...]
The new UN envoy to Syria ended his first visit to the war-torn country Thursday, stressing the need for a UN-brokered political solution to the eight-year conflict. Geir Pedersen, a seasoned Norwegian diplomat, concluded his three-day visit and headed to the Lebanese capital Beirut, a UN source told AFP. The new envoy on Twitter late [...]
The Seychelles Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would hear the case of former tourism minister Alain St Ange against the government of the island nation starting at the end of January. Three witnesses testifying on behalf of the government will take the stand at the trial being heard by Justice Melchior Vidot. St Ange [...]
As the news begins its charge into 2019, SNA takes pauses to look back at the five most-read articles of 2018. The entire SNA team thanks all of our readers in our great island nation as well as news hounds from around the globe. We hope you will keep following news and sunny feature stories [...]
Indian emergency workers said Thursday they have found the body of one of 15 miners trapped inside a so-called "rat hole" mine for over a month. The illegal and dangerous mine in the remote, mineral-rich state of Meghalaya in India's north-east was flooded on December 13. The Indian Navy said they spotted the body inside [...]
A brocade fashion show of Chinese costumes and makeup, with the participation of both Seychellois and Chinese models, is on the programme for the sixth edition of the Seychelles-China day. The January 25-26 event is organised annually as a celebration of the rich cultural and historical links between the two nations. The 2019 edition is organized [...]
France is speeding up preparations for a "no deal" Brexit after the British parliament overwhelmingly rejected a divorce agreement negotiated with the EU, the government said Wednesday. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will meet with key ministers Thursday to look at a "possible acceleration so that state services are ready in the event of Britain leaving [...]
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Wednesday that gunmen who stormed a luxury hotel complex, killing 14 people, had been "eliminated" after an almost 20-hour operation in which hundreds of civilians were rescued. The attack was claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Somali group Al-Shabaab, which has targeted Kenya since it sent its army into Somalia in October [...]
The Central Bank of Seychelles has suspended the payment service provider licence of Doubleclick Exchange for non-compliance with applicable laws governing its operations. The owner of the company said he believes the situation will be rectified within a couple of days after better procedures are implemented. The Central Bank said Tuesday that Doubleclick Exchange has [...]
