Politics
Opposition leader wins Seychelles by-elections
afrol News, 28 July - Incumbent Seychelles' opposition candidate, Jean-Francois Ferrari, won the Mont Fleuri constituency by-election when he was re-elected with more than 86 percent votes from brave supporters who could not be intimidated. The ruling party had urged voters to boycott the poll.
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Society
Seychelles supreme court ruling questioned
afrol News, 16 July - Seychelles Supreme Court has delivered a shock ruling granting for liquidation of Ailee Development Corporation Limited (ADC), the company owning Seychelles largest tourist resort, in favour of government which own minority shares of only 8 percent in the company. Read more
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Politics
Political instability mounts in Seychelles
afrol News, 14 July - Seychelles main opposition party, Seychelles National Party (SNP), has announced that national assembly member, Jean-Francois Ferrari, has resigned as member for Mont Fleuri, after he was denied right to address national assembly on public officers’ ethics Bill. Read more
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Travel - Leisure
Seychelles' Praslin in for beautification
afrol News, 3 June - Central authorities in Seychelles have taken the decision to privatise the planned "beautification works" on Praslin, the second tourist destination on the Indian Ocean archipelago. The company to be set up is to "undertake beautification, road and beach cleaning programme[s] on Praslin.
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Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition
Food prices crisis reaches Seychelles
afrol News, 29 May - The global rise in food prices has started alarming consumers and the opposition in one of Africa's richest nations, Seychelles. But in the Victoria parliament, Seychelles speaker Patrick Herminie has rejected an opposition call to hold an emergency session to address issues on the issue. Read more
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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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» 08.02.2006 - Chikungunya epidemic spreads in Indian Ocean
» 02.12.2005 - Seychelles to rejoin SADC
» 25.11.2005 - Seychelles gets new investment code
» 04.11.2005 - Seychelles Creole seeks a place in the Internet
» 22.07.2005 - Indian Ocean nations intensify cooperation
» 01.06.2005 - Seychelles bird recovers from near-extinction
» 17.03.2005 - "No asylum seekers from Seychelles"
» 09.03.2005 - Seychelles has no plans to rejoin SADC
» 22.02.2005 - Substantial tsunami damage to Seychelles reefs
» 08.02.2005 - Seychelles owl "no longer endangered"
» 25.01.2005 - Seychelles in new bid to find oil
» 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
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