Watching the two little lion cubs boisterously play with each other at a conservation centre outside of South Africa's capital Pretoria, it's hard to see anything out of the ordinary. But these cubs are unique. "These are the first ever lion cubs to be born by means of artificial insemination -- the first such pair [...]
'Miss Creole des Iles International' is back this year after not being organised in 2017. The revamped pageant aims to celebrate and promote the rich and diverse Creole-speaking islands. Terry Carolla, the organiser of the pageant, told SNA that all is set for the event scheduled to be held in Seychelles, a group of 115 [...]
Scores lay dead Saturday after a powerful quake and tsunami struck central Indonesia, an AFP photographer at the scene said, as rescuers scrambled to reach the stricken region. Photographs from Palu, home to around 350,000 people on the coast of Sulawesi island, showed partially covered bodies on the ground near the shore, the morning after [...]
Authorities on Friday freed a foreign vessel that went aground in Seychelles over a month ago, the Ports Authority said. The Kenyan-flagged vessel, Diamond Ace Number 1, went aground on the night of Friday, August 24 in the vicinity of Long and Cerf Island, an area designated as a marine park. According to the captain, [...]
Madagascar's government faced a backlash on Wednesday after it moved to have the publication of an opinion poll ahead of presidential elections cancelled, claiming it was protecting "public order". The survey, commissioned by the German Friedrich Ebert foundation, canvassed voting intentions ahead of the first round of presidential voting on November 7 and was due [...]
Pristine Seychelles is the name of a new campaign launched to coincide with World Tourism day on September 27. The campaign aims at reminding partners and visitors that Seychelles is a sustainable country. It is being implemented by the Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Foundation. The founder of the foundation, Daniella Ali - Payet, told SNA on [...]
A U.N. body’s ruling has extended Seychelles’ territorial waters by nearly 15,000 square kilometres, meaning the island nation has even wider waters in which it can explore for oil, Vice President Vincent Meriton said. The new territory is 14,840 square kilometres, about 92 times the size of Mahe, the main island. It consists of seabed [...]
Facebook on Thursday confirmed that advertisers were privy to phone numbers given by members of the social network for enhanced security. A study by two US universities, first reported by news website Gizmodo, found that phone numbers given to Facebook for two-factor authentication were also used to target advertising. Two-factor authentication is intended to enhance [...]
To commemorate World Tourism Day on September 27, a one-week tourism festival was organised in Seychelles from September 15 to 22 to celebrate the importance of tourism for the island nation. It was held under the umbrella of the Seychelles Hotel Tourism Association campaign launched last year entitled ‘We are Tourism.’ For this year’s edition, [...]
The President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on Wednesday at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, said State House. At the signing ceremony, Faure said that he “remained committed to global nuclear disarmament and that weapons with the capability to annihilate [...]