Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan left the island nation on Sunday for Dubai to participate in the World Government Summit which starts on Tuesday, March 29. State House said in a press statement that Ramkalawan has been invited to be a panellist in the thematic session "Rising Blue Waters – Governments fighting climate change." The summit [...]
Deaf family drama "CODA" won best picture honors at the Oscars Sunday, the first ever triumph for a streamer, in a ceremony that was overshadowed by best actor-winner Will Smith striking comedian Chris Rock on stage for making a joke about his wife. Tinseltown's biggest night began with a performance by pop megastar Beyonce, and [...]
US President Joe Biden on Saturday castigated Vladimir Putin over the month-old war in Ukraine, bluntly calling the Russian leader "a butcher" who "cannot remain in power". In an impassioned speech from the Royal Castle in Warsaw, delivered after meeting top Ukrainian ministers in Poland and earlier conferring with NATO and EU allies on the [...]
Central Bank governor Caroline Abel has received the Global Women Achievers Award for her influential role in the development of the Seychelles' economy. In a virtual ceremony held on March 23, the award was conveyed by the World Women Leadership Congress (WWLC) and Awards, based in Mumbai, which recognises the role played by women as [...]
West Africa's regional bloc Friday said it would maintain sanctions on Mali over the military rulers of the Sahel country delaying a return to civilian rule after a coup. At the end of a summit in Ghana, the Economic Community of West African States also issued warnings to the juntas that recently seized power in [...]
Six Seychellois athletes have received an Olympic Solidarity Scholarship through which they will get financial and technical support in their quest for a spot in the next Olympic Games in Paris in 2024. The six athletes are sprinters Ned Azemia and Sharry Dodin, boxer Shain Boniface, swimmer Felicity Passon, weightlifter Joelita Coloma and sailor Loic [...]
The Red Cross Society of Seychelles is urging everyone in Seychelles to donate non-perishable food items to help the people of Madagascar overcome the devastating effects of five recent natural disasters related to flooding and destruction by cyclones. Previously, the society was only accepting financial contributions due to the high cost of sending the items [...]
The Chief Justice of Seychelles has ordered the prosecution in the cases of the 'missing $50 million' and terrorism to hand in any outstanding materials by April 29 so that pleas may be entered on May 20 after which the court will set a trial date. All the nine accused in the case of the [...]
The government will be building smaller housing units for its citizens allowing for more to be built for the same price under its revised housing and land policy, said a top Seychellois government official on Friday. When presenting the new policies to the media, the principal secretaries for land and housing revealed that reducing the average size [...]
Seychelles will remain a non-aligned sovereign nation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the head of state said in a live presidential press conference on Thursday at State House. Journalists questioned President Wavel Ramkalawan on a wide range of topics relating to national and international affairs. SNA provides some of the highlights of his responses. Seychelles' stance on [...]
