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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Seychelle Media Chief Operating Officer to Speak at GNEX 2019

Omaha World-Herald 13 Feb 2019

13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Simon Crawford-Welch, PhD, COO and Principal of Seychelle Media, a conversion-focused digital advertising agency, will be a featured speaker at the upcoming GNEX Conference, 2019 The Global Networking Experience ... In 2017, Crawford-Welch partnered with Jason and Brooke Tremblay, cofounders of Seychelle Media....

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Nekton Group, Sky News to explore and film marine life near Aldabra

Nation 09 Feb 2019

Seychelles will be ... Underwater cameras and robots controlled from vessels above the sea will film footage of the sea world around Aldabra of which Sky News and Associated Press will broadcast and this will give great publicity to the diverse marine eco-system of the Seychelles....

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1st multi-sectoral meeting of the year

Nation 05 Feb 2019

The participants were updated on the recent figures gathered by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Central Bank of Seychelles on tourism expenditure and earnings and also on the balance of payment ... Minister Dogley also updated the press regarding the services of Joon in Seychelles....

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APSHF gears up for its Silver Jubilee on February 8

Nation 02 Feb 2019

The list is long but among those who remain committed to supporting the association are the British high commission, UNIFEM, Soroptimist International, Air Seychelles, Skychef, Surmer Hotel, Cable and Wireless Seychelles, Printec Press Holdings, the Ministry of Local Government, ......

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Seychelles-China Day celebrations, a fusion of two cultures

Nation 17 Jan 2019

Yesterday morning, the Chinese ambassador to Seychelles, Guo Wei, along with the culture principal secretary Cecile Kalebi, the deputy CEO of Cinea, Gustave Decomarmond and Robert Chong Seng, the president of the Chinese association in Seychelles, held a press conference to give ......

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Seychelle Reports Results for the Third Fiscal Quarter and Nine Months Ended November 30, 2018

Market Watch 11 Jan 2019

Seychelle Water Filtration Products, a DBA of Seychelle Environmental Technologies, Inc ... We anticipate the Seychelle Omni Straw (SOS) sales to be strong ... This press release may contain certain forward-looking information about Seychelle's business prospects/projections ... Seychelle assumes no obligation to update the information in this press release....

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Seychelles to sign new EPA with the UK, customs cooperation with the UAE

Nation 11 Jan 2019

Seychelles will soon be signing a new Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the United Kingdom (UK) as well as a customs agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ... “This will be a huge loss of revenue for Seychelles thus the importance of having the agreement before March 29,” Ms Mangroo remarked....

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Numerous achievements and challenges in fisheries

Nation 31 Dec 2018

2018 has been an overall good year for the fisheries sector with numerous achievements and advancements in the industry which represents the second most important pillar of the Seychelles economy after tourism ... Authorities intercepted at least three vessels suspected of illegally fishing in Seychelles waters in 2018 ... Seychelles’ marine stock....

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Year 2018 news highlights

Nation 31 Dec 2018

Seychelles welcomes five newborns on this first day of the year – three girls and two boys ... The editor of Seychelles Weekly Robert Ernesta and the printer of the newspaper Printec Press Holding Pty Ltd are ordered by a Supreme Court judge to pay Minister Charles Bastienne a sum of R600,000 in damages in a defamatory case ... Seychelles Breweries Ltd....

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SFA reinforces surveillance on lobster poaching during closed season

Nation 27 Dec 2018

Poaching might be the most likely culprit for the decline in lobster stock, the Seychelles Fishing Authority said during a press conference yesterday. This statement comes after the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries along with the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) announced ......

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Le Pr�sident des Seychelles - La base des garde-c�tes sur Assomption, des efforts suppl�mentaires sont ...

All Africa 22 Dec 2018

Le pr�sident des Seychelles, Danny Faure, a tenu sa derni�re conf�rence de presse en direct pour 2018 � State House, Victoria, jeudi soir. Vous trouverez ci-dessous un aper�u des questions abord�es lors de l'�v�nement, qui a �t� diffus� sur la t�l�vision et la radio nationales de la Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation .......

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Seychelles Presses Case for Small Island States At Global Environmental Meeting

All Africa 19 Dec 2018

Seychelles has urged countries to work together to prevent and mitigate any adverse impacts against the developmental aspirations and survival of small islands states at the UN conference on climate change (COP24) .......

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‘Parti Lepep’ now ‘United Seychelles’

Nation 19 Dec 2018

The Electoral Commission of Seychelles formally announced in a press conference at Aarti Chambers, Mont Fleuri yesterday morning that despite an objection from political party Seselwa United Party (SUP), Parti Lepep can officially rebrand and operate under the name ‘United ......