A first-ever skydiving event in Seychelles is set to take place in October, and skydivers across the world are invited to participate and get an aerial view of the island nation. The two-week skydiving event which starts on October 15 is known as the 'Innhopp Experience' and is being hosted by Fly Seychelles -- a [...]
President Jair Bolsonaro threatened Friday to pull Brazil from the WHO over "ideological bias," as his counterpart Donald Trump said the US economy was recovering from the coronavirus pandemic and Europe sought to reopen its borders. Adding fuel to the political fire raging around the pandemic, its origins and the best way to respond, Bolsonaro [...]
Worried about the economy amidst COVID-19, young people in Seychelles say they want to see the island nation diversify away from its reliance on tourism and grow the island nation's ICT sector and agriculture production to lower its reliance on imports. SNA spoke to several young people to get their point of view on how [...]
Seychelles' electoral commission has announced the provisional dates for the island nation's presidential election to be held later this year. The three tentative days - October 22, 23, 24 - were revealed by the chairperson of the commission in a press conference on Friday afternoon after the commission held a meeting with local political parties. [...]
The Indian Ocean Tuna company has employed about 250 Seychellois workers in the past month, ensuring steady work during the COVID-19 economic crisis in Seychelles. Mark Benoiton, the company's environment, health and safety manager, told reporters that the factory is looking for an additional 100 workers. He made this statement following a visit by President [...]
Kenya on World Environment Day barred all single-use plastics such as water bottles and straws from its national parks, beaches, forests and other protected areas. The implementation of the ban, first announced a year ago, was ordered in a letter from Tourism Minister Najib Balala last week. It took effect on Friday, three years after [...]
Governments around the world on Thursday pledged $8.8 billion for global vaccines alliance Gavi to help immunisation programmes disrupted by coronavirus, prompting calls for global cooperation to ensure a potential COVID-19 vaccine is available to all. The online meeting beat a target to raise $7.4 million to provide vaccines at a much reduced cost to [...]
Seychelles' health department has so far certified one island resort as safe to welcome guests following the COVID-19 shutdown, while another is undergoing inspection to see that established guidelines are followed, a top official said on Thursday. Cousine Island, a private island, has been given the green light to welcome guests after Seychelles reopened its [...]
In a long-distance meeting made necessary by the COVID-19 era, the President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, participated in the first-ever virtual summit of the heads of state and government of the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS), State House said on Thursday. In his remarks, Faure called on all OACPS leaders "to be [...]
For the first time, a seasonal delicacy in Seychelles – bird eggs – will be collected from another island instead of Desnoeufs where this activity was traditionally done. Instead, they will be collected from Cosmoledo, an atoll situated in the Aldabra group. It lies 1,045 kilometres southwest of Victoria – the capital city - of the [...]
