Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development
Seychelles wants only slow tourism growth
afrol News, 25 January - Despite the Chikungunya epidemic scaring tourists away from the Indian Ocean during 2006, Seychelles last year received a record number of visitors, according to official figures. Authorities go for further growth, but insist that this rather should be in quality than in quantity.
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Economy - Development
"Worst is over" for Seychelles economy
afrol News, 22 November - After a stagnating 2005, Seychelles is set to experience a significant economic growth of 4.5 percent this year. The economic recovery of the island nation is due to an expanding tourism industry, but also some tough years of reforms that finally are bearing fruit.
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Economy - Development | Society
Not wanted: rich, African nations
afrol News, 10 November - Several African nations have experienced impressive economic and social development, making them middle-income states with a good rating on the Human Development Index (HDI). But success stories like Cape Verde, Botswana and Seychelles now warn other nations on a good track that they feel "penalised for progress". Donors disengage, creditors get more expensive and investors are still not convinced.
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Environment - Nature | Economy - Development | Travel - Leisure
Seychelles considers reclaiming more land
afrol News, 30 October - Seychelles is already deriving many benefits from the land it has reclaimed from the sea, and is studying the possibility of turning more shallow ocean area into more hectares of land, the country's Land Use and Habitat Minister Joel Morgan has said.
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Politics
Opposition loses Seychelles early election bid
afrol News, 2 June - The Seychellois opposition, which never has been let win an election since independence in 1976, this week asked the Victoria parliament to allow for general elections given the August presidential polls. The ruling Seychelles People's Progressive Front (SPPF) party voted against the motion, meaning that legislative elections will only be held in November 2007.
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Health | Economy - Development | Travel - Leisure
Also Indian Ocean tourists hit by chikungunya virus
afrol News, 6 April - While Mauritius and the French island of Réunion are reporting of a decreasing number of people being infected with the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, the number of deaths attributed to the epidemic is reaching 160. Despite earlier claims from Seychelles that "no tourists" had been infected, European clinics are registering a growing number of persons returning from the Indian Ocean islands with the disease.
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Economy - Development
Seychelles changes labour law to attract investments
afrol News, 24 March - A number of key regulations in the Employment Act have been revised with a view "to making Seychelles more attractive to investors while protecting workers," according to the government. The relatively rich Indian Ocean state has suffered from several years of economic stagnation and has recognised the immediate need to attract foreign investors.
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Health | Economy - Development | Travel - Leisure
Mosquitoes in Paradise: Chikungunya epidemic spreads
afrol News, 7 March - The mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus is jumping from one island to another in the Indian Ocean region. Island states that are known as "Paradise" to tourists stand helpless in their fight against the mosquitoes. Some 157,000 people have been infected in the French island Réunion alone, and the virus has got a firm hold on Seychelles, Mauritius and Mayotte (French) as well. Tourists are afraid to go as the epidemic spreads.
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Health | Economy - Development
Chikungunya epidemic spreads in Indian Ocean
afrol News, 8 February - Chikungunya, a crippling mosquito-borne disease, has seen an explosive spread in Indian Ocean nations. On the French island of Réunion, nearly one in ten inhabitants have been infected and France in now sending 300 soldiers to get the outbreak under control. The disease, to which there is no cure, has also spread to Madagascar, Seychelles and Mauritius.
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Economy - Development | Politics
Seychelles to rejoin SADC
afrol News, 2 December - Seychelles will rejoin the South African Development Corporation (SADC) next year because the Indian Ocean nation country is increasingly active in international relations, President James Michel said this week, delivering his year 2006 budget. The country quit SADC in July 2003, but the pull-out only became effective in July 2004.
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Economy - Development
Seychelles gets new investment code
afrol News, 25 November - The parliament of Seychelles has approved of a new investment code aimed at "creating a legal environment more conducive to attracting a greater flow of investment into the country." The bill, which has been prepared for years, is to create greater safety for foreign and local investors.
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Technology | Culture - Arts
Seychelles Creole seeks a place in the Internet
HANA / afrol News, 4 November - The 20th edition of Festival Kreol ended this week in Seychelles with a strong warning from linguists that "if we want our language to survive we have to ensure its rightful place in the cyberspace." As in other Creole speaking nations, French and English are the most established languages for Seychellois using the Internet.
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Economy - Development | Politics
Indian Ocean nations intensify cooperation
afrol News, 22 July - At a summit in Antananarivo today, the African Indian Ocean nations agreed to intensify regional cooperation. The Heads of State from Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and the French islands Réunion and Mayotte (President Jacques Chirac) participated at the third summit of the Indian Ocean Commission (COI), where solidarity among the rich and poor nations of the region was focused.
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Environment - Nature
Seychelles bird recovers from near-extinction
afrol News, 1 June - The Seychelles Magpie Robin was near extinct in 1965, as only 12-15 birds had survived the introduction of new predators to the archipelago. Today, the seldom creature was down-listed from "critically endangered" to "endangered", thanks to bold programmes to reintroduce the bird to three Seychellois islands.
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» 19.01.2005 - After tsunami, Seychelles develops disaster alert system
» 03.01.2005 - How Kenya, Seychelles avoided tsunami disaster
» 20.12.2004 - Seychelles Central Bank becomes independent
» 14.12.2004 - Mauritius, Seychelles deepen economic ties
» 09.12.2004 - Seychelles' main free media threatened
» 02.12.2004 - Wealth creation targeted in Seychelles budget
» 21.09.2004 - Seychelles, EU negotiate new fisheries deal
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