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Seychelles SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Seychelles when you search their database on the word "Seychelles": UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about Seychelles. ECA-search - (UN.org.) In the database of the Economic Commission for Africa you might find some country-specific information about development. They also are quite good on gender issues. FAO-search - (UN-org.) Their database gives you lots of articles and reports about livestock and agriculture in Seychelles. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Seychelles, although there is little African country-specific information. Infonation is a UN statistics service. Choose country specific data from their huge and updated database. All countries are represented with data from the fields geography, economy, population and social indicators. You can compare data from up to seven countries. Excellent tool! UNDP-search - (UN-org.) You will find a solid amount of documents and reports about development in Seychelles in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Seychelles. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Seychelles and the region doing a search in their database. WTO-search - In the database of the World Trade Organization you'll find quit a few country-specific documents about trade, subsidies, development, etc. in Seychelles. Write "Seychelles" in the "Document Title" bar. WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to quite a few sites in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 (?) and many bad connections. Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to Seychelles, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Seychellois and non-Seychellois newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Seychelles, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Seychelles.
The Press in SeychellesThe Seychelles Nation Newspaper offers the best news service on the archipelago. It is constantly updated and has a good coverage of all the country (and it's even interesting). English and French. Recommended. Seychelles Unlimited is a Seychellois journal (politics, economy, etc.). French & English. Site hasn't been updated since 1998. SeyNews is a Seychellois
portal "for Seychellois people all over the world". Their news
coverage remains unclear, as one needs to obtain a user name for its
service - a very outdated and unproper way of getting users. Not
recommended.
Press reporting about SeychellesAfrica Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Seychelles of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Seychelles. AllAfrica (former AfricaNews) is an electronic network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides a showcase for journalism from across the African continent. You can also go directly to their Seychelles page, listing the latest news stories. Recommended. NewAfrica, Seychelles offers interesting information about Seychellois infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc.. PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. No country pages, but daily updated news from all over Africa.
International pressLe Monde, the leading French newspaper, has an ample international coverage (all in French). You can also go directly to their Africa page. The Africa and Middle East site of the BBC World Services offers updated news, articles and other media services on Africa. The Financial Times is one of the world's leading business newspapers with a global outlook. You can also go directly to their Middle East and Africa page. The Independent is an excellent British newspaper with a wide international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page, where the latest articles about the continent are listed. The International Herald Tribune is a daily newspaper edited in Paris with a focus on news from all over the world. Published with The New York Times & The Washington Post. The New York Times is one of the most important US newspapers, having a relatively good international coverage, including an Africa page. Most international articles, however, are by AP or Reuters. The Washington Post is a prestigious US newspaper with an ample international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page or Seychelles page, were the last articles from WP are listed. Times Internet Edition (UK) is the internet edition of the world's oldest daily newspaper. The sister paper, the Sunday Times Internet Edition has its own website. Relatively good international coverage.
News & Discussion GroupsAfrica Online Seychelles offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English. L'Afrique sur Internet is a website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc. NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services.
Government OfficesNational Institutions: Embassies and other Representations in
Foreign Countries: Transnational Institutions: Southern African Development Community
(SADC) is a regional, transnational organisation. The working languages
of SADC are English, French and Portuguese. Site mostly in English and
informative. You can also go directly to their Seychelles
Country Profile. About Seychellois government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & Towns
CompaniesAirSeychelles offers an appealing site with travel info on Seychelles and the offers of the air company. ATLAS (Seychelles.net) is the Seychelles Internet Service Provider, formed by a consortium of three main computer companies in Seychelles; Space95, VCS and MBM. AVIS Rent-a-car Seychelles provides online reservation and corporate information on their web site. Creative Concepts designs corporate identities, logos for general stationary, web pages and in general all printed items. Hertz Rent-a-car Seychelles presents its fleet and offers on its site.
CultureThe Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries. Michael Adams is probably the Seychelles' best known artist. His gallery has original silk-screens, postcards, line blocks and calendars for sale, and a recently produced book of available silk-screens is also available. A selection of these are viewable and offered for sale in his online catalogue. Seychelles Film production & Photo shoot Services for international production companies filming on location on the Indian Ocean islands of Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar and La Réunion. Introduction to some movies made on Seychelles and lots of photos.
EconomyCommon Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is an organisation of free independent states cooperating. With its 21 member states and population of 385 million it forms a major integrated trading block. Very informative and ample site about the regional economy. There also exists a Seychelles Page. Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Seychelles concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. Planet Business-Seychelles offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. Seychelles Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy. They use the IMF as their primary source, which should guarantee for their quality.
EducationGrand Anse Mahe Secondary School is the smallest secondary school on the island of Mahé - but has the biggest web site!
Environment/NatureBirdlife Seychelles (local office of the organisation Birdlife Int.) has a very informative website on birdlife (!) on the Seychelles. Best environmental site on the islands! Envi-R-O is a Seychellois company offering environmental consultancy services and capacity building. Site is also supposed to feature monthly updated environmental news. NewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Seychelles.
General Information/Read about SeychellesThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Seychelles, being regularly updated. Big
resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA.
annual Factbook 2000 is probably
the best and most updated collection of data on the web. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families. The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and fuller information on ethnic groups. Infoplease.com contains a page about Seychelles with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. NewAfrica Seychelles offers interesting information about Seychellois infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc.
The Seychelles Tourist Office is a complete tourist guide to the country. Here you'll find all basic facts and some extra information. Updated. You can order books about Seychelles on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe most informative site about human rights in Seychelles is the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Seychelles.
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