Author: Seychelles News Agency
‘Our home, your sanctuary’ – new tourism campaign touts Seychelles as safe destination
A new campaign with the tagline 'Experience Seychelles; our home, your sanctuary' launched by the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) on Tuesday aims at bo [...]
Mali junta chief demands end to economic sanctions
Mali's military junta leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, on Tuesday demanded an end to potentially crippling economic sanctions imposed after last month's [...]
24 hotels identified as transit facilities to help welcome visitors to Seychelles safely
The Ministry of Tourism has identified 24 hotels to use as transit facilities that will welcome visitors from leading tourist markets even if their CO [...]
Sri Lanka unveils controversial bill handing more power to president
Sri Lanka's ruling party Tuesday unveiled a constitutional amendment handing unprecedented power to the president, prompting protests in parliament an [...]
SNA Interview: Ramkalawan makes final presidential run; wants direct trade to lower costs
Seychelles – 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean - is gearing up for its presidential and legislative elections October 22-24.
SNA is talkin [...]
Rescue under way to save 180 stranded whales in Australia
Up to 90 whales have died and a 180 more are still stranded in a remote bay in southern Australia as a "challenging" rescue operation began Tuesday.
S [...]
I. Coast tensions flare as candidate urges ‘civil disobedience’
Tensions ratcheted up over Ivory Coast's presidential race on Sunday when former president Konan Bedie called for "civil disobedience" in response to [...]
Landfill fire’s toxic fumes force the closure of 8 schools and industrial estate on Seychelles’ main island
A raging landfill fire that produced thick fumes from burning tyres forced the closure of eight schools and the Providence Industrial Estate on Monday [...]
Authorities in Seychelles to issue health and catch certificates for export of fish above 20 kg
The Seychelles' government will soon make it obligatory for health and catch certificates to be issued for the export of fish exceeding 20 kg as local [...]
Fire ravages Uganda’s top university
A huge fire has destroyed part of the main building of Uganda's prestigious Makerere University, one of Africa's oldest, police said Sunday.
"The fire [...]