The Seychelles News Agency (SNA) was the

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Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 155 islands (as per the Constitution) in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, ...

. It is headquartered in

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and regulated by the Seychelles Media Commission. It ceased operations in December, 2024.

History

Launched on 22 April 2014 during the opening of the biennial Seychelles honorary consuls conference held at the Kempinski Resort at Baie Lazare, the SNA is the Seychelles' first online news agency service. It provided daily news service in

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and

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languages. Most of the SNA's text and photos are free to be published or redistributed so long the agency and author are credited.

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* 2014 establishments in Seychelles Government agencies established in 2014 Mass media in Seychelles State media Publicly funded English language broadcasters {{Seychelles-stub