Police officers were among the 33 killed and 150 wounded in a blast at a mosque inside a highly sensitive Pakistani police headquarters on Monday, prompting the government to put the country on high alert. The attack happened during afternoon worship in the provincial capital of Peshawar, close to former tribal areas that border Afghanistan [...]
The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Seychelles for children aged between 5 to 11 years started on Monday and the Health Care Agency (HCA) said it is satisfied with the response on the first day. Children are being administered the first dose and the second dose will be administered three weeks later. The Ministry of Health [...]
The newly renovated National Institute of Health and Social Studies (NIHSS) reopened its doors to students on Monday morning with a focus on teaching students to provide high quality health and social care. The Minister for Health, Peggy Vidot, made the declaration at the official re-opening of the school located at Hermitage, in the district of [...]
The Danny Faure Foundation set up by Seychelles' former president has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Education of Cabo Verde on the foundation's Ocean Chapter. According to a press release from the foundation, the MOU was signed last Wednesday in Cabo Verde by Faure, who is the founder and the [...]
Two dozen Madagascans have died and tens of thousands been left homeless since a severe tropical storm made landfall last week and swirled for days off the island's western coast, official records showed Sunday. Cyclone Cheneso smashed into northeastern Madagascar 10 days ago, bringing heavy winds and triggering downpours that have caused extensive flooding. Over [...]
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday fired Conservative party chairman Nadhim Zahawi after an inquiry into Zahawi's tax affairs found a "serious breach" of ministerial rules, the government said. "As a result, I have informed you of my decision to remove you from your position in His Majesty’s Government," Sunak wrote in a publicly [...]
Children in Seychelles are being encouraged to reconnect with nature, discover the richness of the islands’ biodiversity and at a young age to contribute to its future protection. This is through the launch of the “Little Explorers Club’’. The club with representation on Mahe and Praslin - the first and second largest islands of the [...]
The death toll from a tropical storm that lashed parts of northeastern Madagascar last week has climbed to 22, the government's disaster management office announced Friday, revising its earlier tally. Another 20 people are missing after the storm flooded several districts and cut roads linking them to the capital Antananarivo. An updated tally sent to [...]
The setting up of a cybercrime unit in Seychelles was the subject of discussions held from Wednesday to Friday between the Seychelles Police Force and a delegation from Interpol. The head of Detective Services in Seychelles, Superintendent Jeffery Antoine, said that such a unit is necessary to deal with the alarming number of cases where people [...]
Data collected by the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) shows a 97 percent decrease in the yellow crazy ants - an invasive ant species - across the Vallee de Mai and Fond Peper on Praslin Island, resulting in an increase in native fauna. SIF's science coordinator, Annabelle Constance, told SNA that at the moment yellow crazy ants [...]
