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Seychelles

Coordinates: 4°35′S 55°40′E / 4.583°S 55.667°E / -4.583; 55.667

Seychelles (ⁱ/seɪˈʃɛlz/ say-SHELZ; French: [sɛʃɛl]), officially the Republic of Seychelles (French: République des Seychelles; Creole: Repiblik Sesel), is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The 115-island country, whose capital is Victoria, lies 1,500 kilometres (932 mi) east of mainland East Africa. Other nearby island countries and territories include Comoros, Mayotte, Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius to the south.

Seychelles, with a population of 90,024, has the smallest population of any independent African state; however, it does have a larger population than the UK overseas territory Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

History

The Seychelles were uninhabited throughout most of recorded history. Some scholars assume that Austronesian seafarers and later Maldivian and Arab traders were the first to visit the uninhabited Seychelles. The earliest recorded sighting by Europeans took place in 1502 by the Portuguese Admiral Vasco da Gama, who passed through the Amirantes and named them after himself (islands of the Admiral). The earliest recorded landing was in January 1609, by the crew of the "Ascension" under Captain Sharpeigh during the fourth voyage of the British East India Company.

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Air Seychelles introduces new baggage policy on its regional network

Nation 21 Jun 2018

Air Seychelles will introduce a new baggage policy on its regional network, effective Sunday, July 1, 2018. Redesigned to better meet the needs of individual travellers, the new baggage structure, which will be implemented across the airlines regional network including Mauritius, Mumbai, Abu Dhabi, Johannesburg and Seychelles, will now be based on the total weight concept instead of the number of bags being checked-in....

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42nd anniversary of Seychelles Independence: Commonwealth SG to be guest of honour

Nation 21 Jun 2018

The communiqué from the department of foreign affairs adds that this announcement represents the budding relationship Seychelles continues to have with the Commonwealth, an organisation that is vibrantly made up of over 2.2 billion people of all ethnicities and faith that aspires for world peace and international understanding....

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Senior appointments at Air Seychelles

Nation 21 Jun 2018

Air Seychelles has announced the appointment of Charles Johnson in the role of Chief Commercial Officer and Seychellois national Sandy Benoiton in the role of Chief Operations Officer. Mr Johnson joins Air Seychelles from Hong Kong Express where as part of his responsibilities he assisted with the restructuring of the airline into a profitable regional carrier....

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SYAH-Seychelles’ mangrove adventure

Nation 21 Jun 2018

21-June-2018. Following the success of its free movie screening of ‘A Plastic Ocean’, SYAH-Seychelles in collaboration with Ephelia Resort also hosted a ‘Mangrove Adventure’ to celebrate World Ocean Day ... Some of these are ... Seychelles is home to three RAMSAR which are the Aldabra Atoll, Mare aux Cochons and Port Launay. Following the educational tour, SYAH-Seychelles proceeded to undertake a mangrove clean-up ... ....

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President of Seychelles visits India with failure of the Assumption Island Deal looming large

Indiatoday 21 Jun 2018

President of Seychelles visits India with failure of the Assumption Island Deal looming large ... ....

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Bee keepers up their guard against potential threat to honey bees

Nation 21 Jun 2018

There is concern in Seychelles on the spreading of the varroa virus in the region especially in neighbouring Mauritius, Madagascar and recently in Reunion last year ... Seychelles and The Comoros are the only two Indian Ocean islands where the pest is not present ... Mr Payet said that if varroa mites land in Seychelles it will be catastrophic as the epidemic can spread quickly owing to the small size of the country....

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CDWS holds advocacy training

Nation 21 Jun 2018

Representatives from various non-governmental organisations (NGOs) including the Citizens Engagement Platform Seychelles (Ceps), gathered at Care House yesterday morning to learn more about how to carry out advocacy work in their own field. The workshop was organised by the Citizens Democracy Watch (Seychelles) (CDWS) and facilitated by Dr Lex Paulson, head of International Projects of Sciences Po - Paris....

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CBS clarifies cost of living and inflation

Nation 21 Jun 2018

The Central Bank of Seychelles has clarified the term inflation which is often confused with the cost of living although there is a strong link between the two ... In Seychelles, inflation is measured based on changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) ... It should be noted that this does not mean all residents of Seychelles will have experienced a 4.7% rise in prices over that period....

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Electronic cheque clearing system service interruptions

Nation 21 Jun 2018

The Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) and the Seychelles Bankers’ Association (SBA) would like to inform the general public that due to ......

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Public Service Day to be celebrated on June 23

Nation 21 Jun 2018

The Seychelles Public Service will once again join the United Nations in celebrating Public Service day on June 23, 2018 ... These organisations are the Seychelles National Parks Authority and it will highlight the management of invasive species under its Goal 15 objective which is to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ......

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High level committee to oversee port expansion project

Nation 21 Jun 2018

The committee, a link between the government and the Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA), is chaired by the Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine Didier Dogley, while the chairman of the SPA, Paul Hodoul, is the vice-chairman....

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Football: Airtel Cup 2018 - Holders Northern Dynamo drawn in pool D

Nation 21 Jun 2018

21-June-2018 ... The draw for this year’s competition took place yesterday at the Maison Football, Roche Caïman, in the presence of members of the Seychelles Football Federation (SFF) executive committee, Airtel and clubs’ representatives. For this year’s competition, the 12 first division teams have been drawn into four groups ... R. D. ....

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British Airways Ghana restructures for efficiency

Joy Online 21 Jun 2018

British Airways has announced new changes in its Ghana operation targeted at making the airline more efficient in one of its most important markets in Africa ... Kola Olayinka will now be directly responsible for British Airways in both Ghana and Nigeria ... The twice-weekly service to Seychelles from Heathrow has been active since March. ....

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