Authorities in Seychelles will increase security measures at sea for the Feast of the Assumption of Mary taking place on the third most populated island of La Digue on August 15. The increased security comes after a boat accident during the festival two years ago killed three people. Hundreds of people from Mahe and Praslin [...]
NASA on Sunday blasted off its first-ever spaceship to explore the Sun, the $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe, on a strategic mission to protect the Earth by unveiling the mysteries of dangerous solar storms. The launch of the car-sized probe aboard a massive Delta IV-Heavy rocket lit the night sky at Cape Canaveral, Florida at [...]
Seychelles and Rwanda are hoping to reignite their partnership following a meeting between President Danny Faure and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame, State House said on Saturday. The Rwandan President who is also the chairperson of the African Union met with Faure at State House, in the capital Victoria, on Saturday during a private visit [...]
A Seychellois healer has been using an energy-based healing technique called Reiki to treat local patients since March this year. Jonathan Matile is trained in Reiki, a non‐drug treatment with origins from Japan described as a vibrational or subtle energy therapy through movements of the hands above the body. He told SNA, that “the utensils [...]
Ninety-five percent of the world's lemur population is "on the brink of extinction," making them the most endangered primates on Earth, a leading conservation group said recently. The arboreal primates with pointed snouts and typically long tails are found only in Madagascar, where rainforest destruction, unregulated agriculture, logging and mining have been ruinous for lemurs, the [...]
The way HIV is transmitted is changing in Seychelles from a sexually transmitted virus to one passed on among drug users, an official at the Ministry of Health said. “Before, we considered HIV to be transmitted mainly between men and women. For the past five years, we have found that this is no longer the case [...]
North Korea on Friday accused UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of making "reckless remarks" and toeing the US line when he called for verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. Guterres made the statement following talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Wednesday to discuss the US-led effort to rid North Korea [...]
Flash floods have claimed at least 27 lives in the southern Indian state of Kerala, officials said Friday, prompting the US to advise its citizens to stay away from the tourist hotspot. The coastal state, famed for its pristine palm-lined beaches and tea plantations, is battered by the annual monsoon every year but the rains [...]
This week SNA presents an interview with Seychellois Anna Lespoir, who has achieved the highest mark in the world for Cambridge International ‘A’ level examination in business. According to Cambridge, ‘Top in the World’ refers to the learner who has gained the highest standard mark in the world for a single subject. Lespoir, 19, was [...]
A new Human Rights Commission is soon to be created following the signing of the Bill 2018 by the President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, at State House on Thursday. The Seychelles Human Rights Commission, which will operate independently of the Office of the Ombudsman, will serve to strengthen the framework for the protection of human [...]