The United Nations voiced deep concern at the worsening violence between Israel and the Palestinians, as clashes erupted again at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday. "We are deeply concerned by the escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel over the past month," said Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN Office of [...]
The Indian navy is seeking more areas of cooperation with the Seychelles Coast Guard during its working visit to the island nation. The Indian navy delegation led by Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Hari Kumar, met with President Wavel Ramkalawan, who also holds the portfolio of the Minister of Defence, at State House on Friday. Kumar [...]
Queen Elizabeth II turned 96 on Thursday, receiving a rousing "Happy Birthday" from a military band and ceremonial gun salutes, after a troubled year hit by health concerns. The Band of the Coldstream Guards, in red tunics and bearskin hats, played the tribute to crowds of onlookers outside her Windsor Castle home west of London. [...]
Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan has applauded the recent seizures of 27.6 kg of illicit drugs by the French vessel Le Floréal, State House said Thursday. According to a press statement from the EU Naval Forces (EU-NAVFOR) Somalia, the French surveillance frigate, under Operation Atalanta's command, carried out four consecutive drugs seizures in the international waters during a [...]
Russia on Thursday slapped travel bans on US Vice President Kamala Harris, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and dozens of prominent Americans and Canadians in retaliation for sanctions imposed over Ukraine. The Russian foreign ministry said the travel restrictions on 29 Americans and 61 Canadians -- which also includes defence officials, business leaders and journalists from [...]
Botswana's former president Ian Khama faces 13 criminal charges, including illegally possessing five firearms, court documents showed on Wednesday. Khama, who governed one of Africa's most stable democracies for 10 years until 2018, has been summoned to appear before a court in Gaborone on Thursday. It is unclear if he will show up as ordered. [...]
Seychelles' labour market for 2022 shows a high demand despite the persisting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing uncertainty of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, said a top employment official. Susan Morel, the chief policy analyst in the Department of Employment, made the statement when presenting the labour market statistics report of [...]
The tankers of Seychelles operating abroad are doing well despite the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, said a top official at the Seychelles Petroleum Company (SEYPEC). Sarah Romain, SEYPEC's acting chief executive, told SNA recently that "our tankers are actually doing well because we are operating between many Russian ports." After the sale of the Seychelles [...]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday denounced Russia's fresh offensive in eastern Ukraine and called for a four-day truce to mark Orthodox Holy Week. Russia launched dozens of air strikes across eastern Ukraine, as a new phase of the bloody conflict opened with fighting raging in the Donbas region. "Instead of a celebration of new [...]
In her 40 years living by the water's edge, Amissa Irakoze never much feared Lake Tanganyika. Floods were frequent, even lapping at her front door, but eventually they always receded. She could never have foreseen what happened in April 2020. Returning from working in the fields, Irakoze found her home in northwest Burundi was under [...]