Mentally ill patients in Seychelles will now have a say on how they are treated and can appeal against decisions they do not approve in a court being set up for them, the health minister has said. Jean-Paul Adam said this week that a revised Mental Health Act is set to replace an older version [...]
Victorious France were set to return to a heroes' welcome on Monday after winning the World Cup for the second time with a rollercoaster 4-2 victory over Croatia which set off chaotic celebrations at home. Teenager Kylian Mbappe applied the coup de grace in Moscow as France, aided by an own goal and the video [...]
The curtain on the FIFA World Cup will close on Sunday with the final match pitting Croatia against France at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. The final with kick-off at 7 p.m. local time in Seychelles. SNA took to the capital city of Victoria to get the views and predictions of football fans for the [...]
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki arrived in Ethiopia on Saturday for a historic visit to cement peace less than a week after the two nations declared an end to a two-decade conflict, an AFP reporter said. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed greeted Afwerki as a brass band played before inspecting a guard of honour on the [...]
Fans of reggae music in Seychelles can look forward to Saturday evening when Jamaican artist Chronixx takes the stage at the Mini Stadium in the capital, Victoria. Born Jamar McNaughton, Chronixx, whose music has been branded as ‘reggae revival,’ is Jamaica’s most-buzzed-about new artist right now, and he's leading the way in a rich musical [...]
Seven regional councils were launched in Seychelles on Friday with the aim of strengthening local governance, though two civil society groups say they disagree with how the councils have been set up, saying the councils lack accountability and transparency. The councils, which will cover all 25 administrative districts on the three main islands -- Mahe, [...]
Slightly more than 40 percent of voters in Mali have received their voter cards, two weeks before election day, the government said Thursday, amid observer worries that most still had to be distributed. The national distribution rate stood at 42.51 percent, the Malian government said in a tweet. "Sikasso region (south) comes on top with [...]
Air Seychelles has signed the lease agreement for one new Airbus A320neo aircraft which is scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2019, the airline said this week. The agreement was signed in Dublin by Air Seychelles’ chief executive Remco Althuis and the aviation chief commercial officer of the Irish-owned subsidiary China Development Bank [...]
The UN Security Council will vote Friday on imposing an arms embargo on South Sudan and sanctions on two military officials after the latest diplomatic efforts failed to end nearly five years of war. The United States circulated a revised draft resolution on Thursday that diplomats said is likely to be adopted, imposing a ban [...]
Wednesday, July 11 was World Population Day and Seychelles joined the rest of the world to commemorate the event. Seychelles has a population descended mainly from African slaves, Europeans as well as Indians and the Chinese. SNA looks at three events in history that made the Seychellois people what it is today with details provided [...]