Smoke from Canadian wildfires shrouded New York in a record-breaking apocalyptic smog Wednesday as cities along the US East Coast issued air pollution warnings and thousands evacuated their homes in Canada. The devastating fires have displaced more than 20,000 people and scorched about 3.8 million hectares of land in Canada, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau [...]
This year is full of anniversaries of events and milestones for Seychelles. Many of these milestones and events are now 50 years old and are the footprints of the Seychellois people's history. SNA brings you 4 golden anniversaries being celebrated in 2023. Anglican Diocese of Seychelles The Diocese celebrated its golden jubilee on March 26 and a series of [...]
Canada has announced visa free travel for eligible travellers from 13 additional countries, including Seychelles. The announcement was made on Tuesday by Sean Fraser, the Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. This applies only to travellers from the 13 countries who have either held a Canadian visa in the last 10 years or who currently [...]
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan has become the first and only African leader to sign the Climate World Cup ball, an initiative of a 13-year-old boy promoting awareness and commitment to the fight against climate change. Hailing from California, United States, the young boy, Ismachiah Oduwole, paid a courtesy call to the Ramkalawan on Wednesday, where [...]
UN war crimes judges ruled that ageing Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga is unfit to stand trial but should still go through a stripped-down legal process, in a decision announced Wednesday. Kabuga, who is 88 according to officials but claims to be 90, is a former tycoon accused of setting up a hate broadcaster that [...]
Cash payment for fares will not be accepted on buses of the Seychelles Public Transportation Corporation (SPTC) as the company is going cashless from July 1, a top official said on Tuesday. Passengers will now require an SPTC bus card and for the first three months from July 1, it will also be sold on [...]
The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, has declared Friday, June 9, the day of the late Anglican Archbishop Emeritus French Chang-Him's funeral, as a day of National Mourning. According to State House, by order of the President, the National Flag will be flown at half-mast from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. as a sign of respect. State House [...]
Prince Harry on Tuesday testified he had suffered lifelong "press invasion" and that some media had blood on their hands, as he became the first British royal in more than 100 years to give evidence in court. The younger son of King Charles III accuses Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) -- publisher of The Mirror, Sunday [...]
Seychelles' Ministry of Education and the Colombo International Nautical Engineering College (CINEC) have signed a renewed memorandum of agreement (MoA) to further improve safety, efficiency, and competency within not only the maritime sector, but also the fisheries sector of Seychelles. The agreement was signed by the education minister, Justin Valentin, and the president of the [...]
Prince Harry arrived at a London court on Tuesday to a sea of flashbulbs and camera lenses, to give evidence in his case against a British tabloid publisher for illegal information gathering. The 38-year-old Duke of Sussex will become the first royal since 1890 to take the stand in a court case, when he testifies [...]
