Saudi women celebrated taking the wheel for the first time in decades Sunday as the kingdom overturned the world's only ban on female motorists, a historic reform expected to usher in a new era of social mobility. The much-trumpeted move is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's plan to modernise the conservative petrostate -- [...]
A new environmentally safe sunscreen is being promoted by a Seychellois and two foreigners living in Seychelles in a bid to reduce the negative impact of sunscreens on coral. Louise Laing from France and husband Austin Laing from Australia together with Seychellois Sylvie Hattingh are promoting a sunscreen called ‘People4Ocean’ (P4O). Since not many people [...]
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Saturday he narrowly survived an attempt on his life after a blast at a party rally that injured two of his vice-presidents and several party officials. Fifteen people were injured, three seriously and some lost limbs, in the explosion during an election campaign event in Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo, according [...]
A medical doctor from Venezuela living in Seychelles has a hobby which would impress - and maybe overwhelm - Darth Vader himself. Luis Campanella has a collection of around 3,000 action figures, and many are from well-known genres like Star Wars. Not everybody has so much passion and is ready to pack and carry part [...]
South Sudan's government declared Friday it has "had enough" of opposition leader Riek Machar, dealing a blow to the latest effort to end more than four years of bloody civil war. Hopes of a breakthrough rose this week after Ethiopia brokered the first face-to-face meeting in nearly two years between Machar and his arch-rival President [...]
The construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant to generate electricity in Seychelles was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers during its meeting on Wednesday. The economic adviser to the President, Bertrand Belle, said that the main reason that the government has decided to go towards such a power plant is that liquefied [...]
A record 68.5 million people have been forced flee their homes due to war, violence and persecution, notably in places like Myanmar and Syria, the UN said on Tuesday. By the end of 2017, the number was nearly three million higher than the previous year and showed a 50-percent increase from the 42.7 million uprooted [...]
Infrastructure development, energy, and participation of the private sector were priorities discussed between Seychelles’ president and a top official of the World Bank on Wednesday. Andrew Ndaamundu Bvumbe, the executive director representing Africa Group 1 at the World Bank, called on President Faure on Wednesday at State House in Victoria. “We have just finished the [...]
East African leaders gathered in Ethiopia on Thursday hoping to revive stalled South Sudan peace talks, following a long-awaited face-to-face meeting between the two warring leaders. President Salva Kiir and his former deputy turned rebel leader Riek Machar held face-to-face talks on Wednesday, brokered by Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed, in their first meeting in [...]
On June 18 Seychelles celebrated the 25th anniversary of the existence of the Constitution of its Republic. To mark the event SNA takes a look at 10 facts about the constitution. 1. The constitution of Seychelles was adopted by the Constitutional Assembly in 1993.... Source: Seychelles News Agency