A first Locally Empowered Area Protection (LEAP) project was launched on Thursday with the aim of protecting fisheries, managing ecotourism, and conserving marine biodiversity in Seychelles. LEAP is part of a regional project being implemented by Nature Seychelles, which seeks to set up the first co-managed marine area in Seychelles in the Baie Ternay and Port [...]
A harmful algal bloom poisoning fish around three islands of Seychelles -- Praslin, Denis and Felicite -- has reached the shores of La Digue, a top government official said on Friday. The principal fisheries scientist of the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA), Ameer Ibrahim, told reporters that preliminary findings on samples collected around the affected area [...]
Israel warned Thursday of an increased threat against its citizens abroad following Iran's call to avenge last week's assassination of its top nuclear scientist. The death of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, killed in a bomb and gun attack on a major road outside Tehran on Friday, has been blamed in part on Israel's Mossad spy agency by [...]
For the first time since 2017, a beauty pageant will be held in Seychelles, a nation of 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean. The organisation Beauty Empowerment Seychelles is hosting a new contest, the Miss Seychelles National Pageant. With days to go before the new Miss Seychelles is crowned on December 7, SNA is [...]
The World Health Organization said it was considering introducing electronic vaccination certificates, as hopes for an end to the pandemic were boosted after Britain became the first country to approve use of a Covid-19 vaccine. "We are looking very closely into the use of technology in this Covid-19 response and one of them is how [...]
Around two-thirds of vessels in the Seychelles' purse seiner fleet are grounded as they have already reached their allocated yellowfin tuna quota for the year, said a top fisheries official. The remaining vessels are being closely monitored by the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA), and the chief fisheries officer, Vincent Lucas, told SNA recently that "eight [...]
Seychelles has reached a significant milestone in visitor arrivals -- 100,000 in 2020 -- albeit very late in the year due to the COVID-19 travel lockdowns. In a bit of good news, a survey by the Seychelles Tourism Board found that 100 percent of respondents said they felt safe in Seychelles during the pandemic. During [...]
Localised coronavirus outbreaks in parts of South Africa have raised fears that the country could see a resurgence in cases compounded by gatherings during the upcoming festive season. Officials in Africa's hardest virus-hit country are scrambling to contain infections after a flare-up was reported in the impoverished Eastern Cape province and adjacent Western Cape province [...]
The first Seychellois living with a disability to be sworn in to the National Assembly envisions an even more inclusive Seychelles that helps to improve the lives of those living with disabilities. Naddy Zialor made history on October 29, when the seventh cohort of parliamentarians took office. Zialor, a proportional member of the ruling party [...]
For the first time since 2017, a beauty pageant will be held in Seychelles, 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean. The organisation Beauty Empowerment Seychelles is hosting a new contest, Miss Seychelles National Pageant. With days to go before the new Miss Seychelles is crowned on December 7, SNA is profiling the 11 contestants [...]
